PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2024

These prestigious awards are presented to Pennsylvanians who made a unique and creative contribution to the field of environmental management in Pennsylvania with preference given to the fields of administration, law, regulation and community organization.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2023

On October 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has reached a Settlement Agreement with DC Ambler Properties, LLC., who owns the Ambler Asbestos Piles Superfund Site , to pay $500,000 in stipulated penalties to resolve its liability for outstanding violations of a 2014 Consent Order and Agreement (COA).

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Today, the Program regulates roughly 450 entities responsible for roughly 85% of the state’s GHG emissions. Half of all ARBOCs must provide direct environmental benefits to the state of California. The Program has been linked with the Cap-and-Trade System of Québec since 2014. Participants are subject to holding limits.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

Dean served as the first Upper Neuse Riverkeeper for over seven years, and later became the first Yadkin Riverkeeper in 2008, where he also served as Executive Director until 2014. She also was the former Secretary of the Maryland Department of Environment where she developed substantial initiatives on climate change and the Chesapeake Bay.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

“Pennsylvania works closely with Kristen and the DRBC to protect the streams and rivers that feed into the Delaware River and to ensure that the communities that rely on them are engaged in how those resources are managed,” said Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley. “We

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Circle of Blue

MAY 30, 2023

Fresh from the Great Lakes News Collaborative Air Force dispute with state environmental regulators could jeopardize new PFAS extraction project — Michigan Radio Michigan is the king of potato chips. According to NOAA data, average ice coverage this year was 6.2 percent, significantly lower than the 24.5 percent average since 1973.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Tambini has served in the role since 2014. Leading and furthering the DRBC's worthy mission of managing, protecting and improving the shared water resources of the Delaware River Basin has been the highlight of my 42-year career in water resources," said Tambini. Click Here to sign up for regulator updates.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection notified the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County it will no longer be able to operate under an Air Quality Construction permit and must submit an application for a full Title V Air Quality Permit within 120 days.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 17, 2023

Over the past several years – and especially in the past few months – Premier Doug Ford’s government has made sweeping changes to environmental protection and land use planning rules across Ontario. . The regulations accompanying many recent changes included in Bill 23 have yet to take effect. Source: TRCA Regulation Mapping.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

The Freedom Industries chemical spill in Charleston, West Virginia exposed holes in state and federal regulations for chemical storage tanks. On January 9, 2014, a chemical tank at Freedom Industries in Charleston, West Virginia, leaked into the Elk River. But, Freedom Industries never submitted any protection plan to the WVDEP.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

On May 10, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund announced PA General Energy, LLC notified the Department of Environmental Protection that it intends to plug its proposed toxic frack-waste injection well in Grant Township after this Memorial Day. The community’s concerns have been vindicated.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

. -- Auditor General DeFoor should audit DEP’s management of oil and gas wastewater and the OGRE waste reporting data system - In 2014, Auditor General DePasquale concluded that the DEP was “woefully unprepared" to monitor and regulate the shale gas boom after his office’s audit of the agency. Click Here for a copy of the report.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

On February 15, the Department of Environmental Protection told the Environmental Quality Board conventional oil and gas drilling companies only paid $46,100 of the $10,600,000 it cost for DEP to regulate that industry in FY 2020-21. The fees were last updated before that in 2014. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Written Testimony The Department of Environmental Protection provided written testimony only. Penn State found the amounts of at least 25 of the chemicals they tested for exceeded environmental and health standards and radioactive radium exceeded industrial waste discharge standards. A video of the hearing will be posted on Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

An October 2014 DEP memo still in use today by the Oil and Gas Program and by the Act 2 Land Recycling Program spells out the chemicals and other constituents oil and gas operators and DEP test for during investigations and cleanups of spills and releases. Written by David Hess, former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection reported in its Oil and Gas Workload Report for the week ending March 29 that it has only 1 shale gas well permit under review, which has huge implications for the revenue coming in to run its entire Oil and Gas Regulatory Program. So far this year DEP received 95 shale gas well permits.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

An October 2014 DEP memo still in use today by the Oil and Gas Program and by the Act 2 Land Recycling Program spells out the chemicals and other constituents oil and gas operators and DEP test for during investigations and cleanups of spills and releases. Written by David Hess, former Secretary, PA 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. Prior to her involvement in environmental advocacy, Ms.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2024

Penn State studies found the amounts of at least 25 of the chemicals they tested for exceeded environmental and health standards and radioactive radium exceeded industrial waste discharge standards. Voting Meeting On Bill June 11 The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to have a voting meeting June 11 at 10:00 a.m.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The 2024 State of the Methane Mitigation Industry analysis was prepared by Datu Research and offers a look into industry trends, economic impacts, and the role of state regulations in fostering industry growth. increase since 2021. increase since 2021. of the total employee locations in this sector nationwide.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2023

Woodwell has been associated with PEC since 1991, including roles as staff attorney, director of the western PA office, and as a vice president, before becoming president in 2014. This is a great time to make a change at the top, and I have been working toward it for a couple of years,” Woodwell said.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 9, 2014

On May 30, 2014, in an unanimous decision in National Environmental Development Association’s Clean Air Project v. Environmental Protection Agency , the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated EPA’s policy limiting the reach of the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Summit Petroleum Corp.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2021

DEP Hasn’t Ordered Dust Control In their long experience with the Center, neither Steve Bloser nor Eric Chase were aware of instances where the Department of Environmental Protection has “ordered” a township to control dust from dirt and gravel roads. They said it is usually a complaint-driven thing from the residents to a township. “

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

On February 15, the Environmental Quality Board will hear a presentation from DEP that will show a $4.7 percent deficit-- in FY 2022-23 funding needed to support the Oil and Gas Program that regulates both conventional and unconventional wells. The last update was in 2014. million-- 17.6 Read more here.] Read more here.]

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

laws governing the cross-border transport of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) for sequestration, and how such transportation fits into broader climate and environmental protection regimes, including the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, carbon markets and emissions trading. Louis in 2014.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2023

The first and the most important is the issue of the admissibility and probative value of Department of Environmental Protection notices of violation. Olympus appealed the County Court decision to Commonwealth Court in September of 2022 (Docket No. 991 CD 2022). There are hundreds and hundreds of NOVs for Olympus and other operators.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

By Jillian Marullo House Bill 788, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases (“GHG”) “[t]o the extent that greenhouse gas emissions require authorization under federal law.”

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Vermont Law

APRIL 6, 2015

But, an even bigger challenge remains—regulation of chicken litter dumped into the Bay by the Delmarva Peninsula’s poultry industry. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently released the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Report Card. in Environmental Law. Judith Needham. Researchers at the. summa cum laude.

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Brag

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

According to EPA, in 2022 it made available in ChemView more than 25,000 new chemical notice records received under TSCA Section 5, including notices received between 2014 and 2019 that had not been published previously. Bergeson and Carla N. On November 21, 2022, the U.S. Health and Safety Data Reporting.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 1, 2014

On March 25, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) jointly released a proposed rule purporting to clarify the scope of the “waters of the United States” protected under the Clean Water Act. In the current regulation at 40 C.F.R. United States, 547 U.S.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

The Environmental Protection Agency has yet to set a definitive standard allowable for the chemical, C8, in drinking water even though it is hazardous to human health, making it difficult to hold companies responsible for their actions. As of 2014, EPA found C8 in. Summary: An Ohio jury awards $1.6 94 public water systems.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Despite being one of the strongest environmental protection statutes, the ESA is under attack. Doc Hastings Bill of 2014. Endangered Species Act. is “the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of endangered species ever enacted by any nation” according to the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

In March of 2014, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued an “interpretive rule” regarding section 404 of the Clean Water Act, circumventing a notice and comment period. When an agency issues an interpretive rule, the agency clarifies or explains how an existing statute or regulation is binding on those already subject to it.

Clean Water Act 40

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Going into 2020, anticipated federal regulation will significantly affect the nation’s response to the Emerald Ash Borer and aquatic invasives in ballast water. This means that regulated articles, such as firewood, cannot be removed from specific. A lack of effective regulation has already led to a proliferation of invasives in U.S.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

The CWA largely regulates the discharge of point source pollution, or pollution from a discernible location such as a drain pipe, into navigable waters. In 2014, the USDA received a budget of $157.5 However, funding for these programs is limited.

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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, 2014 EHB 957 [3] EHB Docket No. In Clearfield County v. 1998); Envtl. & Recycling Servs., 6] 2021 EHB at 171.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Brazil’s National Policy on Climate Change ( NPCC and subsequent regulation ) was adopted in 2009 based on Brazil’s international commitments with the UNFCCC. Overall, since 2010, when the NPCC was regulated, Brazil increased emissions by 23.2%, and therefore did not alter its emissions trajectory. by 2020 against a 2010 baseline.

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