PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

On March 12, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced sweeping plans to reconsider more than 31 major environmental regulations and programs, including pulling back regulations reducing methane emissions and regulating production wastewater from oil and gas operations. Click Here for the announcement. Click Here for the announcement.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2025

A vac truck driver said he had collected 16,800 gallons from the sumps just that day and the water was recycled back as frack water. 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 96 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 3, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 4612 ) Notes On Natural Gas Facility Permits -- Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant: On May 2, DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval Permit covering changes to the MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 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.

2012

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2023

Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards. This proposed rulemaking updates a variety of water quality standards and narrative criteria to maintain water uses and antidegradation requirements under the federal Clean Water Act. Click Here for a summary of the rulemaking. Geological Survey and the U.S.

Law

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

15-16 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference [PaEN] -- PA Assn. . -- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Cloggers, Runners, Kayaks And More At Freeport September By The River Festival Sept. 21: Exploring Nature In A Connected World Via iNaturalist App - Part I -- Brandywine Conservancy Online Program Sept.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards The Board also adopted the proposed rulemaking updating a variety of water quality standards and narrative criteria to maintain water uses and antidegradation requirements under the federal Clean Water Act for public comment. Geological Survey and the U.S.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept. Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2022

-- Caren Glotfelty Recognized As A 2022 Distinguished Daughter Of Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- CBF Blog: Franklin Kury: Two Jars Of Water, And A Lasting Environmental Legacy For Pennsylvania - By B.J. 15 -- Warren Times: Middle School Students Learn During Conewango Creek Cleanup -- Register Now For Oct.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2022

7 [PaEN] -- DEP, Partners Join In Luzerne County Litter Cleanup, Call On Pennsylvanians To Help Pick Up Pennsylvania This Fall [PaEN] -- Wilkes-Barre Times: Pick Up Pennsylvania Targets Local Litter -- Recycling Program, Managing Electronics Waste On DEP Citizens Advisory Council Agenda For Oct. To Host A Virtual Symposium Oct.

Conservation

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment. Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. 10 years later, the act was modified to include toxic pollutants and funded sewage.

Government

PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

Read more on Agenda. -- Erosion & Sediment Permit Fee Report -- Rural Recycling, Waste Disposal Options -- Reports On Oil & Gas Well Bonding Petition -- Gov. Wolf Now Has To Decide To Hold Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Accountable, Or Create A $5.1 See webpage for remote options to join the meeting.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

18 Winter Feeding Pasture Walk In Newville, Cumberland County DEP: Temporary Repair To Sewage Pipeline Stops Sewage Release Into Penns Creek, Susquehanna River In Snyder County EPA Issues Consent Order To Max Environmental Technologies For Clean Water Act Violations At Yukon, Westmoreland County Facility; Virtual Listening Session Set For Oct.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 5237 ) Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups - - Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - Fox Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated by release of lubricating oil at the pad in Mehoopany Twp., PA Bulletin, page 5246 ) -- Campbell Oil & Gas, Inc.: Wyoming County. (

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Of Agriculture Announces 2025 PA Farm Show Theme - Powering Pennsylvania Public Participation -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 28 [PaEN] -- The Energy Age Blog: Range Resources Applies For More Shale Gas Wells In Cecil Twp.,

2024

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

21 On New 16-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Being Built In Springfield, Troy, West Burlington & Granville Townships, Bradford County [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Lawsuit Over Radioactive Drill Cuttings At Mercer County Landfill Heads To Commonwealth Court Hearing Oct. Washington County - Drilling Close To Home-- Literally!

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Senate Passes Amended STREAM Mine Reclamation Act And Sends It Back House [PaEN] -- MCall Guest Essay: Recycling, The Neighbors And The Global Economy - Lehigh Valley Development Corp -- The Holcad: Westminster College Students Present Project To Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition -- Penn State Extension: Dec.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2022

Million Pounds Of Electronics Waste Over 20 Years Of Hard-To-Recycle Collections [PaEN] -- Warren Times: ‘Hooligans’ Help In Hemlock Road Cleanup -- Dept. Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester) -- PA Resources Council Responsibly Managed 3.3 Million In Dept.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

15 Celebrating 50 Years Of The Federal Clean Water Act, Pittsburgh -- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Oct. 15 Celebrating 50 Years Of The Federal Clean Water Act, Pittsburgh -- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Oct.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2022

DEP Virtual Hearing On Proposed Transco Natural Gas Pipeline Regional Energy Access Expansion Project In Eastern PA. To Host A Virtual Symposium Oct. Have The Power To Charge It? -- Bloomberg: Will The U.S.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2021

EPA Invites Philadelphia To Apply For $260 Million In Water Infrastructure Finance Loan -- Allegheny County Conservation District Webinar: Dec. Noon to 12:45 p.m. -- ScrantonT: Man Charged With Clean Water Act Violations Can Call Witness -- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. House returns to session Dec.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2025

. -- Environmental Hearing Board Denies EQT Shale Gas Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Medical Conditions, Toxicology Reports Related To A Landowner Appeal Of A DEP Water Supply Contamination Determination [PaEN] -- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: PA Health Advocates Say Gov.

Natural Gas