PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2024

The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority reported nearly 48,000 pounds of household hazardous waste was collected this past weekend from 848 participants at the free annual drop off event. The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority will be holding another Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event in the spring of 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection is now accepting applications for 2023 reimbursement for the Municipal and Hazardous Waste Host Municipality Inspectors Program. Questions should be directed to: Laura Henry, Bureau of Waste Management, at lahenry@pa.gov or (717) 772-5713.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

On March 20, the Clean Air Council , Moms Clean Air Force and Earthworks will host a webinar on federal waste emission charges to be assessed on the oil and gas industry from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed its Waste Emissions Charge for oil and gas operators as required by federal law.

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Nanotech

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on February 1, 2024, two proposed rules that will add to its comprehensive approach to tackling per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution and the commercial bottom line for hundreds of businesses facing costs for cleanup.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 16 PA Bulletin prohibiting the sale of electronic devices by Wiltronic Corp (IVIEW) as a result of violations of the Covered Device Recycling Act-- Pennsylvania’s electronics waste recycling law. ( Read more here.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 20, 2023

Waste occurs throughout the supply chain. goes uneaten, and according to the Environmental Protection Agency, 95% of all food waste ends up in landfills, causing methane emissions during decomposition. Read the full story at Nutritional Outlook.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on the Title V Air Quality and the RACT III Air Quality permits for the Wheelabrator Municpal Waste Combustion Facility located in Falls Township, Bucks County. See two April 13 PA Bulletin notices on page 1978.)

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

On November 16, the Department of Environmental Protection announced that $21,600 of the $39,100 civil penalty arising from the former Cheswick coal-fired power plant demolition project in June will benefit Springdale Borough, Allegheny County. Cheswick Plant Environmental Redevelopment Group, LLC, Controlled Demolition, Inc.,

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2024

Read more here. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 27 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of the Land Application of Manure Supplement to the Manure Management for Environmental Protection Manual. [ Bucks County. ( Carbon County impacting Black Creek (High Quality). (

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Just like the government’s corrupt Greenbelt attacks, it would divert scarce construction capacity to Highway 413 and would slow down urgently needed home building in Ontario, when the focus should be on building low-cost, compact homes in existing neighbourhoods where resources won’t be wasted building infrastructure from scratch.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 31, 2023

For 43 years, state regulators and the Environmental Protection Agency have ordered chemical manufacturer BASF to stop discharging up to 72,000 gallons of toxic waste-contaminated groundwater daily from its Wyandotte plant into the Detroit River. But the waste still flows unabated. Read the full story at Great Lakes Now.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 21 PA Bulletin it has banned the sale of electronic products by Trexonic in Pennsylvania as a result of non-compliance with the electronic waste recycling law. ( For more information on this program, visit DEP’s Electronics Waste Recycling webpage.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2024

Act 14 requires applicants to submit notices to municipalities and counties for air quality, water obstruction (Chapter 105), any permit issued under the Cleans Streams Law (including Chapter 102, stormwater, NPDES, many more), any solid waste and hazardous waste, land recycling and water allocation permits. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

On September 1, the Department of Environmental Protection said any waste generated by the new conventional oil and gas well plugging program will NOT be exempt from hazardous waste requirements, unlike the same or similar wastes generated from active oil and gas production wells and facilities. Read more here.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 22, 2022

February 25, 2022) “Hospital Food Waste: Reducing Waste and Cost to our Health Care System and Environment” OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 27(2). link] [open access] Abstract: Food waste economically and environmentally impacts every industry in the U.S., Saber, D.A., Sanford, D.,

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Pearce , and Guy Jack Mathews The Resource Conversation and Recovery Act (RCRA) mandates a two-part “corrective action” regime: Permits for any “solid waste management unit” (SWMU) at a “treatment, storage or disposal facility” (TSDF) must require “corrective action” for all releases of “hazardous waste” or “hazardous constituents,” “regardless of (..)

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 23, 2022

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has announced a temporary suspension of all Household Hazardous Waste collection events and locations after a fire occurred at the current disposal facility in Ohio. Illinois EPA is suspending the … Continue reading Illinois EPA suspends household hazardous waste collections.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2023

On July 20, 2023, the Marcellus Drilling News reported researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found there was an average 30% discrepancy between what conventional and unconventional oil and gas drilling companies said they sent to landfills and the amount of waste reported received by those landfills in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published a notice in the November 4 PA Bulletin inviting comments and announcing a December 7 hearing on a RACT 3 Air Quality Permit for the York County Solid Waste Authority Resource Recovery Facility. ( in Harrisburg starting at 1:00 p.m.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2022

Randomly selected individual on-site drill cutting and wastewater disposal plans submitted by conventional oil and gas drillers call for drilling wastes to be “dispersed directly to the environment,” according to a review by PA Environment Digest. Environmental Protection Agency. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Air & Waste Management Association will hold its 15th annual Symposium on Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy, Technology September 26-27 in Pittsburgh. Visit the Pittsburgh-based Air & Waste Management Association website for more information on programs, initiatives and other upcoming events.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 8 PA Bulletin that Chuwi Innovation and Technology is not in compliance with the state electronics waste recycling law and is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania. ( Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection is hosting a video meeting Monday, March 6 starting at 6:00 p.m. on a proposed oil and gas waste injection well at 1140 Route 44 South, Shinglehouse, Clara Township, Potter County, proposed by Roulette Oil & Gas LLC. The public is invited to attend this online meeting.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 20 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a draft Guidance Manual for Permitting of New Commercial Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities ( DEP ID: 251-2100-755 ). Click Here for a copy of the presentation given to the Committee.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee is scheduled to hold an October 30 public hearing on House Bill 1607 (Borowski-D-Delaware), a comprehensive rewrite of the state electronics waste recycling law ( sponsor summary ). When she announced the legislation in July, Rep. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 4 PA Bulletin announcing the location for the May 21 meeting/hearing on the renewal of the Air Quality Permit for the Covanta Municipal Waste Combustion Units in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County will be held at a different location. (

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 6 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed renewal of a Title V Air Quality Permit for the Covanta Plymouth Municipal Waste Combustion units located in Plymouth Twp., Montgomery County. ( tpy nitrogen oxides, 0.0075 tpy Mercury, 53.1

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 10, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions, companies that have committed to reducing food loss and waste in their U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have welcomed seven companies to the U.S. operations by 50 percent by 2030.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 21, 2022

What GAO Found To remove household hazardous waste—some items that can catch fire, react, or explode under certain circumstances or that are corrosive or toxic—after the 2018 and 2020 California wildfires, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took steps that followed its emergency response policy. Download the document.

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 19, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency has proposed entering into a consent decree agreeing to rule on the Center for Biological Diversity’s (CBD) petition to classify discarded polyvinyl chloride (PVC) as a hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). In yet another “sue and settle” case, the U.S.

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Nanotech

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In spring 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution (Strategy) to identify voluntary actions to prevent plastic waste. Plastics recycling, including both mechanical and ‘advanced’, is core to achieving improved post-use plastics materials management.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2023

Environmental Protection agency posted a notice announcing it has issued a permit for a Class IID oil and gas waste underground injection well in Young Township, Jefferson County known as the David A. The same company has applied to EPA for another oil and gas waste injection well in Fayette County. On June 21, the U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 3, 2022

Between 73 and 152 million metric tons of food gets wasted each year in the U.S., Environmental Protection Agency. The most commonly wasted foods are fruits and vegetables, followed by dairy and eggs.… Read the full story at Food Dive. … Read more →

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

Weekday Electronics Waste Collection - Allegheny County Schedule and locations to be announced. This 2024 PRC weekday e-waste collection campaign is sponsored by Allegheny County Health Department and Allegheny County Parks Department. PRC is Pennsylvania’s oldest grassroots environmental organization founded in 1939.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 27, 2021

See also EPA eyes new rules for PFAS in waste from E&E News. The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced it is preparing a rule that would list some so-called “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances that must be eliminated from industrial waste before it is discarded.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on and has scheduled a December 18 hearing on an Air Quality Plan Approval for the Panther Creek Power Plant in Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County. ( The Department requests that individuals wishing to testify at the hearing submit a written notice of their intent.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

On January 10, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has authorized an Air Quality Plan Approval to allow an onsite leachate treatment and evaporation system to be installed at Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, located in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County. Click Here for more.

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