Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

It was a big step towards providing adequate health protections, but Environmental regulations need to look at people, not just pollutants—and the way to get there is by assessing cumulative impacts. But the requirements in the rule were developed considering that one carcinogen from that one type of facility. But we cannot stop there.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 2008 ) PA Bulletin - March 8, 2025 Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 92 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the March 8 PA Bulletin - pages 1930 to 2022. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Luzerne County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2022

The Environmental Quality Board is scheduled to meet on June 14 to vote on a revised final regulation reducing volatile organic compounds and methane emissions from unconventional (shale gas) wells and facilities. In the executive summary of the revised regulation applying to only unconventional shale gas facilities DEP maintains “.Act

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2022

On June 14, the Environmental Quality Board voted 15 to 3, with one abstention, to adopt Part I of a revised final regulation reducing volatile organic compounds and methane emissions from just unconventional (shale gas) wells and facilities. Representatives of Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) and Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) and John St.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency wrote a letter to DEP accepting DEP’s final regulations setting VOC/methane limits on conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities for evaluation which “stops the imposition of federal highway funding sanctions that were set to take effect in Pennsylvania on December 16, 2022.” Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2022

On July 21, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission voted unanimously 5 to 0 to approve Part I of final Environmental Quality Board regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane emissions from unconventional (shale gas) wells and facilities. The Preamble to the revised rulemaking says “.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The fiscal conservative theory is that increased regulation to protect the environment will restrict the market and prevent capitalism from operating efficiently. user charges for services like wastewater treatment or effluent charges used as enforcement mechanisms for statutes and regulations). carbon dioxide. carbon dioxide.

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