PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Withdraws Orphan Oil & Gas Well Regulatory Improvement Grant Program To Help Prevent Future Well Abandonments, A Severe Problem In PA [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 22 to 28 - Failed To Comply With Well Plugging Order For 63 Months; Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Hit 113; Another Conventional Well Explosion, (..)

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2025

Recyclable EV batteries Between now and 2030, battery electric vehicle retirements will increase rapidly and if we do not have a strong policy in place we could end up with batteries in landfills or being abandoned all together. But our success doesnt mean we have to stand alone.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2025

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Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2025

Local Government Liaison -- Tom Magge, Clean Water Response Program Manager -- C. Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields Program Manager -- Mike Maddigan, DEP Land Recycling Program -- Julie Miller, PhD DABT, Toxicologist PA Department of Health Click Here to watch the briefing on YouTube. David Brown, P.G.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy Inc. PA Bulletin, page 7624 ) 2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 254 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Read more here. Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. (

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

Methane Emissions EPA announced it would reconsider regulations for the oil and gas industry under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act and Subpart W of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. EPA also announced it would reconsider risk management rules that cover oil and natural gas refineries and chemical facilities.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2025

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Elwell Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Wilmot Twp., Air Quality Permits - Comments -- Reed Oil Company, Inc. Bradford County. (

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

5 On Methane Emissions Reduction; Federal Plugging Program; Injection Well Primacy; Financial Assurance; Drilling & Permitting Activity Impacts On DEP Budget [PaEN] -- PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts Dec. 4 In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- Federal Highway Administration, Fish & Wildlife Service Host Dec.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2025

2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 115 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. DEP recommended removing remaining contaminated fluid and relocating the transfer lines and dispose of the material in the rolloffs. Read more here.

2025

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2025

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- PPG Operations LLC - Whitetail 1 Conventional Well: DEP received a Final Report on the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with wastewater to meet the Statewide Health and Background Standards at the site located in Goshen Twp., Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

Nuclear Power

Legal Planet

JANUARY 30, 2023

In the previous three years, Congress had passed NEPA, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act. Continuing the legislative wave, 1973 saw the passage of the Endangered Species Act (ESA. rate increase would decrease recycling, which in turn would result in more litter in the parks that they used.

Law

Legal Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

This lack of cross-border accountability—combined with a failure of enforcement on the state and local levels—was behind the infamous Exide battery-recycling plant that put over 100,000 residents at risk in Huntington Park and nearby cities. Read the full report from Leadership Counsel and the Clinic here.

Government

E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

8, 2021, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ ANPRM Notice ”) addressing possible future regulation of pyrolysis and gasification units under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA).

Regulations

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 7, 2023

Clean Air Act emissions limits will remain in place for a category of facilities that includes small MSW combustors and certain institutional waste incinerators after Monday’s decision. Read the full story at Waste Dive.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 30, 2023

Million Penalty, Settlement With Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Over Clean Air Act Violations Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events Grants & Awards PA Bulletin Public Notices Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest Supporting Member PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers; PA Outdoor Writers Assn.;

Clean Air Act

Environment Next

AUGUST 17, 2021

EPA recently issued an Enforcement Alert to owners and operators of metal recycling facilities about high levels of VOC emissions that have been identified at a number of large shredders. These scrap metal recycling facilities have routinely been permitted and operated without any VOC emission limitations or controls.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection notified the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County it will no longer be able to operate under an Air Quality Construction permit and must submit an application for a full Title V Air Quality Permit within 120 days.

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2023

Steele, Environmental Health Project -- EPA/DOE To Provide More Than $1 Billion To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Sector -- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Finally Gets Lawyers In Federal Clean Air Act Criminal Case -- Public News Service: PA Groups Support New EPA Carbon Pollution Standards For Coal, Gas Plants -- Feature: Comparing (..)

Conservation

Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Strengthen environmental regulations like the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and Toxic Substances Control Act protections to reduce pollution and climate impacts in fenceline communities. Direct the EPA to not include harmful chemical recycling technologies in the national recycling strategy.

Ocean

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Of Justice Indicts Erie Coke (Coal) And Corporate Officer For Violating Federal Clean Air Act Over 4 Years EPA To Host Dec. 9 PA Resources Council Collects 383,175 Pounds Of Household Chemicals In 20th Season Keep PA Beautiful Marks America Recycles Day Nov.

Natural Gas

Acoel

JUNE 30, 2021

Environmental counsel must be strategic and look at holistic risk and opportunity rather than just interpret existing regulations relating to the Clean Air Act or RCRA. What is the status of evaluating the full life cycle of all products from cradle to grave with an increased focus on recyclable materials?

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Of Justice Indicts Erie Coke (Coal) And Corporate Officer For Violating Federal Clean Air Act Over 4 Years [PaEN] -- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal), Ex-Plant Chief Indicted On Charges Of Violating Federal Clean Air Act -- Pittsburgh's Group Against Smog & Pollution Hosts Dec.

Conservation

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Waste management concerns the governance of many aspects of waste from their transport and storage, proper procedure on disposal and treatment where necessary, everything from the recyclable packaging of our household waste right up to nuclear waste as a byproduct of energy production. Learn more about environmental law degrees.

Government

Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Some background — As required by the Clean Air Act, North Carolina has a State Implementation Plan (SIP) for ozone pollution describing how the state will meet the federal ozone standard. Even with the exceptions, it is not clear the provision allows the state to fully comply with Clean Air Act permitting obligations.

2023

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) released a request for information (RFI) regarding Section 60103 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) , also known as the IRA’s “green bank” provisions. In particular, USEPA expresses interest in program design elements intended to ensure “high private-sector leverage (i.e.,

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

-- UnionProgress.com: Environmental Groups Give Beaver County Shell Petrochemical Plant ‘F’ Grade For First 100 Days In Operation -- Beaver County Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant Hit With Air Violations; Activists Call For Operations Halt -- PennLive Guest Essay: Air Pollution Is Killing Us, We’ve Got To Act Now To Stop It - By Carolyn Heckman, Evangelical (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

18 RiverWatch Video Report -- November 19 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available -- Judicial Update: The Law Of ‘Constitutional Standing’ Taking Shape in Pennsylvania - By Paul Bruder, Jr.,

Clean Air Act

Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

The 4 big ones are the 1972 Clean Water Act , the 1970 Clean Air Act , the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act , and 2 hazardous waste laws having the acronyms CERCLA and RCRA, which I will explain later. Clean Water Act. The stated goal of the Clean Water Act is “zero discharge.”

Clean Water Act

Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Earth Island Institute and Plastic Pollution Coalition Take On Big Plastic Plastic Pollution Coalition | February 27, 2020 “The Coca-Cola Company and our other defendants churn out millions of tons of plastic packaging each year and want us to believe that it is all being recycled. Now is the time to hold Big Plastic similarly accountable.”

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Earth Island Institute and Plastic Pollution Coalition Take On Big Plastic Plastic Pollution Coalition | February 27, 2020 “The Coca-Cola Company and our other defendants churn out millions of tons of plastic packaging each year and want us to believe that it is all being recycled. Now is the time to hold Big Plastic similarly accountable.”

2015

Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Earth Island Institute and Plastic Pollution Coalition Take On Big Plastic Plastic Pollution Coalition | February 27, 2020 “The Coca-Cola Company and our other defendants churn out millions of tons of plastic packaging each year and want us to believe that it is all being recycled. Now is the time to hold Big Plastic similarly accountable.”

2015

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2023

Yaw Encourages Participation In National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day April 22 -- MCall: Earth Day: Your Guide To Events And Cleanups Around Lehigh Valley -- TribLive: Westmoreland Cleanways Accepting Many Types Of Plastics For Those Lacking Curbside Recycling -- TribLive: Etna Borough Council To Consider Plastic Bag Ban -- TribLive: Paper Not Plastic (..)

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

25 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Eagle Scout Project Brings New Recycling Container To Sheffield -- Pennsylvania Protects 32 Farms, 3,047 Acres In 21 Counties From Future Development [PaEN] -- Dept.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In 1970, Lee Iacocca, then Ford’s executive vice president, said that the Clean Air Acts limits on tailpipe pollution “could prevent continued production of automobiles” and “do irreparable damage to the American economy.

2026

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2025

Mercer County DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For A MarkWest Liberty 4.5 Mile, 20-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline In Allegheny, Washington Counties Impacting Montour Trail Property DEP Invites Comments On 401 Water Quality Certification For Rover Pipeline Rover-Bulger Compressor Station, Harmon Creek Meter Station Expansion In Smith Twp.,

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

Million People Are Impacted By General Oil & Gas Operations In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Liberty Energy, Range Resources Announce Support For Developing A Natural Gas Data Center Power Plant In Robinson Twp.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

XTO) [ExxonMobil] and Hilcorp Energy Company (Hilcorp) , agreed to resolve alleged Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act violations involving their oil and gas production operations in Pennsylvania. Read more here. In separate agreements, XTO Energy Inc. Read more here. Read more here.

2023