PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

He was a strong advocate for employing highly educated, qualified, and experienced environmental professionals in the public and private sectors and serves as a role model for the environmental professionals of today and tomorrow.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2024

Braymer was appointed Chief Counsel to the Department of Environmental Protection effective December, 2023. Prior to his appointment, Braymer was the Regional Counsel with the Department of Environmental Protection’s Northwest Regional Office. Click Here to see DEP’s entire Executive Staff.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2023

Managed by Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA), which is a part of the Institutes of Energy and the Environment, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP), the Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas houses over 100,000 high-resolution scans of original mine maps, which are overlaid onto a modern map of the state.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2023

On January 27, the Department of Environmental Protection released the final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan and an interactive online atlas of statewide water resources and use trends to inform leaders’ decision making and educate Pennsylvanians on sustainable use of our lakes, rivers, streams, and groundwater.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2021

On July 24, 2002 coal miners broke through into an abandoned, water-filled mine flooding the Quecreek Mine with over 150 million gallons of water. Photos by Commonwealth Media Services and the Department of Environmental Protection.) The nine miners were rescued four days later through the combined efforts of state- led by Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

She also served on the Wild Resource Conservation Fund, the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee, the Environmental Quality Board, and the PA Commission on Sentencing. For the 2001-2002 Legislative Session, Sen. Seif, former Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. Since assuming elected office in 2020, Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2021

The Department of Environmental Protection will host an eighth round of public meetings of Regional Water Resources to help get input into the 2022 State Water Plan Update. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2024

Seif served as an Assistant US Attorney in Pittsburgh prosecuting environmental cases; Chief of the Legal Branch of the US Environmental Agency Region III Office; worked in the Criminal Division in the US Department of Justice in Washington D.C.; served as Administrative Assistant to Gov.

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Acoel

JULY 19, 2021

The proposed changes are likely to create a lot of confusion about “controls” on contaminated property and could adversely impact prospective purchasers’ ability to assert their Landowner Liability Protections (“LLPs”) under the 2002 Amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”).

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the November 6 PA Bulletin it is suspending the enforcement of the California Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions Control Program in Pennsylvania through July 31, 2023. The suspension means the federal standards for heavy-duty diesel vehicles and engines will apply in Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2022

Tom Wolf recognized employees from the departments of Conservation and Natural Resources, Environmental Protection and Transportation with the Governor’s Award for Excellence for environment-related projects. The Governor’s Award for Excellence was created in 2002 by Gov. On May 20, Gov.

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Law of the Lands

MARCH 16, 2021

Ontario began to regulate land application and storage of NASMs under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002 beginning in 2011. Application of sewage biosolids to farm fields has raised concerns from nearby residents about odour and the risk of transmission of bacteria and viruses.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

million put into budgetary reserve in 2008-09 from the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; -- $5 million reduction in Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) farm conservation tax credit program in FY 2009-10; -- $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5

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The Energy Law

MAY 12, 2016

On May 4, 2016, environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

Tom Wolf presented a group of employees from the Department of Transportation and the Department of Environmental Protection with Governor’s Awards for Excellence, in recognition of their efforts to develop the first-ever Pennsylvania Litter Action Plan. The Governor’s Award for Excellence was created in 2002 by Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 19, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a draft update to the State Water Plan which outlines recommendations for policy and legislative actions for each of the six water planning regions in the Commonwealth and statewide.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2023

The following testimony by David Hess , former Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, was prepared for delivery at the April 24 House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on abandoned conventional oil and gas wells. We did it before. Click Here for a PDF of this written testimony.

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Brag

JANUARY 4, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a draft document entitled Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft) for public comment. billion gallons per year) in the growth of corn ethanol in the United States from 2002-2012 and may have played a more important role (0-2.1

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Attempting to draw support from San Joaquin Raptor, it stated that an exemption finding “is not a minor matter” since it forecloses any environmental impact analysis and “is at least as important to environmental protection as an MND.” City of Solano Beach (2002) 103 Cal.App.4th citing CalBeach Advocates v.

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Law 2002 2013 Waste 98

Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan issued a memorandum to all EPA employees reaffirming the Agency’s 1984 Indian Policy, entitled “EPA Policy for the Administration of Environmental Programs on Indian Reservations.” Posted on October 11, 2021 by Steve Chester. On September 30, 2021, U.S.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

Since when was environmental protection focused on promoting and expanding parking in protected wilderness monuments? Plainly, reducing and formalizing parking spaces in the San Gabriel River and adjacent canyon recreation areas will protect and restore the environment.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

In 2002, the Department of Health and Human Resources labeled Chemical Valley as having a “high” susceptibility to contamination. It turns out that West Virginia is not very hospitable to regulations, and especially not to environmental regulations. First, the area was practically a ticking time bomb. Additionally, a. New York Times.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2022

DEP and PA Waste LLC,[3] PA Waste submitted an application to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP or Department) for a new solid waste landfill, to be located in Boggs Township, Clearfield County. DEP, 2002 EHB 461; Smedley v. In Clearfield County v. Reprinted with permission from Mette, Evans & Woodside.) [1]

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), a terrestrial invertebrate native to East Asia, was first discovered in the United States in 2002. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate new national ballast water treatment standards to address the threat of invasives by December 2020. An End to the Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine?

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Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Development: The Greenland Mining Dilemma By Suhana Roy The principle of sustainable development is a principle of international law that reconciles the right to development with the need to protect the environment.- billion, nearly ten times Greenland’s annual budget.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The principles and the rights contained in the Pact will be binding and applicable with an unanimous meaning in the various environmental sectors. The Pact will allow the expansion of its principles in areas of the world where environmental protection has not reached acceptable levels yet. Europe, and Japan).

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency surveyed more than 49,000 lakes across the country and found that 30 percent contained toxins produced by the blooms. Last year, the Environmental Working Group, a Washington-based research organization, counted 476 harmful blooms in 41 states, five times higher than in 2010. . In 2009, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

They [DEP] have 337 positions less now than in 2002, and since 2002, you've had an enormous increase in responsibility, such as the advent of the shale gas industry, more federal air and water regulations, you have to implement the emergence of PFAS and so forth. So, my questions are for you.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2024

1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4% Decrease To 31.2%

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2024

In both jobs, she worked to revitalize cities and towns, reform land use law, enhance urban environments and protect open spaces. She also taught at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of City and Regional Planning.] In 2003, she was appointed by Gov. Ed Rendell as Senior Policy Manager in the Governor’s Policy Office.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2023

Shapiro said at the press conference, “The speed in which we will act on a barber license will be quicker than a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) permit for a major construction project. “We We will sacrifice nothing when it comes to public health, public safety and environmental protection. “If

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 14, 2024

Children are much more radiosensitive than their adult counterparts due to differences in size and development of organs ( EPA’s 1999 FGR 13 and CD supplement from 2002). As a universal environmental protection standard, this model would better protect the general public and the most marginalized in society.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

My name is Michael Shellenberger, and I am Founder and President of Environmental Progress, an independent and nonprofit research organization. [1] American farmers are world leaders in innovation, productivity, and environmental protection. I will make four points in my testimony: 1. and around the world. USDA, 1959), 12–13. [16]

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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