PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

On September 20, the departments of Education, Environmental Protection, and Conservation and Natural Resources honored U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools across Pennsylvania in recognition of their environmental sustainability efforts.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2025

DEP Orders Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline To Provide Clean Water On March 6, the Department of Environmental Protection issued an order to Energy Transfer/Sunoco to provide water to residents in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County affected by a leak in Energy Transfers 14-inch jet fuel/petroleum products pipeline. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

On March 20, the Department of Environmental Protection provided an update to the agencys Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board on water supply/stray gas complaints. Photo: Wall Street Journal story from 2011 stray gas contamination of a water supply in Bradford County from shale gas drilling.)

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 27, 2022

A year after state regulators closed an ethanol plant after toxic waste was “accidentally spilled and intentionally spread” across farm fields and contaminated water supplies in Mead, Nebraska, residents are torn on the best path to remediation. “We don’t have water to drink and we wonder if we have a government,” he said. 500 PEOPLE.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection The information submitted to DEP’s Bureau of Waste Management from eight conventional oil and gas companies to justify allowing them to dispose of millions of gallons of wastewater by spreading it on dirt roads fails to meet the requirements of DEP’s 25 Pa Code Chapter 287.8

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2022

On December 12, the Associated Press reported the Department of Environmental Protection lifted a 12-year old ban on shale gas drilling under Dimock, Susquehanna County the same day [November 29] Coterra Energy (formerly Cabot Oil & Gas) pleaded no contest to criminal charges by the Office of Attorney General for polluting their water supply.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection confirmed as of February 11, Scott Perry, Deputy Secretary for Oil and Gas Management, is no longer an employee of the agency. Perry was named Deputy for Oil and Gas Management in September 2011 by Gov. No other comments on personnel actions were made. No replacement has yet been named.

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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. In 2011, Kraybill purchased his first electric car, a Chevy Volt.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2022

The requirements in the bill cover oil and natural gas facilities, including wells, pipelines, pumping stations, compressor stations, power plants, natural gas processing plants or plants processing waste streams from oil and gas operations. The creation of the Registry was one of many recommendations in the July 2011 report of the Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2023

PA Trout Unlimited Additional Tools-- Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed : Update on PA environmental issues. From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7 From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2022

“Our future depends on understanding and protecting our environment, and these schools exemplify a stellar commitment,” said Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell. PDE and the U.S. Department of Education select and announce awardees in the spring of each year.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2022

She came to Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership in 2011, after serving as the senior district staff member for Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz. Prior to PADEP, Collier served 19 years with BCM Environmental Engineers, Inc., In 2014, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded her the Bronze Order of the DeFleury Medal.

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Law of the Lands

MARCH 16, 2021

Examples include leaf and yard waste, fruit and vegetable peels, food processing waste, pulp and paper biosolids, and sewage biosolids. The last example, sewage containing human waste, is controversial. Ontario began to regulate land application and storage of NASMs under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002 beginning in 2011.

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The Energy Law

MAY 17, 2011

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On April 27, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) released new proposed guidance on how the agencies will identify waters protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA) in light of Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

In another case, she represents Liberty Township and the Citizens Environmental Association of Slippery Rock Area, Inc. in Mercer County who appealed a major permit modification DEP granted to Tri-County Landfill who allegedly misrepresented the types of waste to be accepted at the landfill, including oil and gas waste.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

On Reporting Unauthorized Spills, Releases [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments At Oct. 25 Hearings On NPDES Stormwater Permits For Two Warehouse Projects In Lowhill Twp., 6 Online Program [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can I Do About Climate Change?

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Regulations on siting and design of on-site wastewater systems (such as septic systems) have both a public health and environmental protection purpose. reuse, recycling, or disposal as solid waste). For the first time since 2011, the legislature lacked a veto-proof majority in both chambers. On-Site Wastewater.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2025

Susquehanna County The Department of Environmental Protection posted a February 20 inspection report this week saying there was a spill of an estimated 12,600 gallons of wastewater at the Diaz Family Shale Gas Drilling Well Pad 2 owned by Coterra Energy, Inc. Humberston Unit 1H - Drilled in 2011. [ Violations issued.

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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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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. Professor, Columbia Law School.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2025

18 Abandoned Conventional Wells S R Star O&G LLC - Violations: 11 Abandoned Conventional Wells, Failure To Report April 23, 2025 a follow-up inspection of 11 conventional wells in Slippery Rock Township, Butler County found the wells abandoned, unplugged and failed to submit production, waste generation and well integrity reports.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The evening of January 14, 2011, Jacob, then a 16-year-old sophomore at Aurora High School, entered a basketball game against Central City. At a January 31, 2011, appointment the doctor ordered blood tests and chest X-rays, to check for infection. In countries without proper waste disposal, untreated sewage is a factor.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Forbidden in 2011 from easy disposal of wastes into waterways, and with few other convenient disposal choices, all eyes turned to dirt roads. We discovered there has been so much wastewater dumping in our township the DEP referred to Farmington Township as a "Waste Facility," That was shocking. “As

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

There are four shale gas well pads within a mile or just over a mile of their home, each with multiple natural gas wells connected by the gathering pipeline as well as two large water impoundments serving those well pads, although one was removed and the other is being permitted as a waste holding facility. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

House returns to session [Budget Hearings] March 21, 22, 23 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session [Budget Hearings] March 28, 29, 30 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 10:00: House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: Department of Environmental Protection. House Floor. Click Here to watch live.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

So the feds modeled extensive industry deference at the expense of public health protections, and then the states fell in line after that. He created the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission in 2011. It creates extensive infrastructure in multiple stages and sites, and produces large amounts of liquid and solid waste.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Million In Funding For 6 Abandoned Mine Reclamation Projects In 5 Counties; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

-- Natural Lands, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Host Feb. 24 Organizing Black Birders Week Webinar With Tykee James -- Keep PA Beautiful Local Affiliates Recycle 1.1 24 Organizing Black Birders Week Webinar With Tykee James -- Keep PA Beautiful Local Affiliates Recycle 1.1 17; Loving The Land Thru Working Forests Conference Sept.

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

2011), and the World Health Organization has recommended evaluating a separate health standard for black carbon exposure independent of other particle concentration measurements (World Health Organization 2012). Environmental Health Perspectives 119 (12): 1691–99. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 56 (6): 709–42.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Keith Schneider 2022-09-27 07:33:55 2022-12-08 23:04:31 Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators 0 Comments / September 22, 2022 Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. Circle Blue. Many chose to do so.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

On April 1, 2025, the Department of Environmental Protection inspected the Winner 6 shale gas well pad and 3 million gallon water impoundment in East Keating Township, Clinton County owned by Frontier Natural Resources and found the pad and impoundment had not been restored. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Court of Appeals issued a ruling that lends legal muscle to a five-year old petition that Food & Water Watch and 36 allies filed to compel the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update CAFO permitting regulations. to issue new rules that limit discharges of CAFO wastes into waters. Milking parlor in Lenawee County.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental entities to allow continued enforcement of environmental laws related to ongoing mining operations. In March 2011, pursuant to the 2002 Act, the Minister had set a target of 50% reduction from 1990 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions levels by 2050.

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EPA

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

It also marked a shift in the paradigm of environmental protection which had been mostly focused on end-of-pipe pollution control and clean-up strategies. billion since 2011 while also reducing the use of hazardous materials by over 570 million pounds. businesses to develop and implement source reduction techniques.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. 33926 (June 28, 2021).]] Illinois Proposed Groundwater Quality Standards for Five PFAS.

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