PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

William Burgos, a Penn State Professor of Environmental Engineering, who has done extensive research on the environmental and health risks of road dumping, including some funded by the Department of Environmental Protection. Written Testimony The Department of Environmental Protection provided written testimony only.

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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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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

Wolf’s PFAS Action Team Report noted there is a concern wastewater plant sewage sludge also contains PFAS and policies are needed to properly manage this waste. Similar concerns would be present in oil and gas waste treatment facilities. Read more here. See Paragraph 71 in appeal.] Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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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

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. Jennifer Means, Oil & Gas Program Manager for the Northcentral/Eastern District, provided the update for all the Oil and Gas Districts.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Wolf’s PFAS Action Team Report noted there is a concern wastewater plant sewage sludge also contains PFAS and policies are needed to properly manage this waste. Similar concerns would be present in oil and gas waste treatment facilities. Note: The Department of Environmental Protection does not comment on matters in litigation.]

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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. Read more here. Click Here for a copy of Dr. Burgos’ testimony. Click Here to watch a video of the hearing.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 19, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified 1,4-dioxane (a chemical often used in solvents) as a toxic substance that affects the liver and nasal tissue. Targeted monitoring has generally traced 1,4-dioxane in municipal wastewater to an industrial or waste disposal facility discharging to the municipal system.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Written Testimony -- Karen Feridun , Better Path Coalition, who has done important research into waste reporting and related issues on conventional road dumping. Written Testimony The Department of Environmental Protection provided written testimony only. It’s Waste First, let’s be clear-- we are talking about a waste.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 30, 2023

Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Program Gets $30 Million Boost The Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Program will receive $30 million to “help advance environmental protection and restoration projects in communities that have been disproportionately affected by pollution in the Great Lakes region,” Wisconsin Public Radio reports.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency is now accepting nominations for the President’s Environmental Youth Award. The President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) recognizes outstanding environmental stewardship projects developed by K-12 youth. Photo: Park Forest Zero Waste Team.)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The report showcases how Pennsylvania has strengthened its position as a national leader in methane reduction efforts, contributing significantly to both environmental protection and economic growth. increase since 2021. 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here!

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2021

Bloser said he’s heard producers say at DCED’s PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meetings up to 25 percent of a conventional oil and gas driller’s waste stream is spread on roads. In 2013, Act 89 was passed increasing the funding for the Program from $5 Million to $35 Million annually in 2014-15. Read more here.

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Acoel

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Extended producer responsibility [“EPR”] laws are intended to place a significant share of the environmental costs of a product on the manufacturer or “producer.”. For an earlier (2014) perspective on EPR in this blog space, consider this article. take-back, recycling and final disposal.”. Obviously, EPR has continued to gain momentum.

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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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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2022

She is a supporter of River friendly garden concepts, and implemented an addition to stream waste reduction by having weekly garden and yard waste collections as part of a recycling program to limit the amount of trash being incinerated or landfilled. Prior to PADEP, Collier served 19 years with BCM Environmental Engineers, Inc.,

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The National Development and Reform Commission’s Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection said in a statement that energy intensity increased 9.5% billion) over the three years 2014–16. It also missed energy consumption and intensity targets in the 13th Five Year Plan (2015-2020). billion yuan (US$1.7

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The last update was in 2014. There has been no increase in fees for conventional oil and gas drillers since 2014. Greg Vitali, Minority Chair House Environmental Committee [Posted: February 3, 2022] PA Environment Digest It was in development for over two and a half years. Read more here.]

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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.,

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2021

On June 3, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has approved the application by Keystone Sanitary Landfill, Inc. Keystone filed its original expansion application in April 2014. to expand its facility in the boroughs of Dunmore and Throop in Lackawanna County.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

To make meaningful progress in lowering water pollution, the federal government should begin incentivizing agroecological practices that both allow farmers to keep their land in production and actively work to reduce excess nutrients, pesticide waste, and erosion. In 2014, the USDA received a budget of $157.5

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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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DECEMBER 19, 2018

preventing a waste company from depositing toxic sewage. But in 2014, nearly 500,000 Toledo residents were placed under a. The modern movement in the United States began when residents of towns in Pennsylvania passed ordinances banning extractive activities harming water supplies and the natural environment. passed local law.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 22, 2022

Organisms in the soil drive the planet’s metabolism, breaking down waste, as well as helping to provide food, energy, clean air and water. million km2 and its result were published in a report in 2014. A technician at Yonker Environmental Protection Company in Hunan takes soil samples collected during the 2016 project to be analysed.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 10, 2016

Eco-labels are soft-policy examples of progressive environmental policy with a consumer-empowering component. In fact, eco-labels illustrate powerful tools of consumer-driven environmental protection and show that green-washing can be stopped through soft law approaches. ISO standards. , 21000 International Standards.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

After the dumping incidents on dirt and paved roads around her home and throughout the region, Lawson provided photos and reports on the dumping to the Department of Environmental Protection to document the problems. Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water." [ Read more here.] Read more here. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. New Jersey Appellate Court Affirmed State Authority to Take Easements for Coastal Protection Projects. FEATURED CASE.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Fossil fuel power plant owners are facing increased accountability for their air and water pollution, including from a new round of environmental and public health protections that are being rolled out by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We’ve heard these lazily disingenuous narratives before.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

clean water statute, though, give farmers and their wastes special treatment. He and Baker designed a subsurface basin to store two million gallons of liquid waste from the dairy during winter and then release it in spring through a piping network to fertilize and irrigate a 20-acre field. Both the bi-national agreement and the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro stated, “Our government has a duty to set, and enforce, ground rules that protect public health and safety. This legislation also follows the grand jury’s recommendation to further increase setbacks for schools and hospitals, to 5,000 feet. “As Read more here. ] Santasiero and Sen.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Suncor’s US-based refinery in Colorado has been repeatedly charged by the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to meet environmental standards and exceeding pollution levels, as well as accident prevention and reporting violations.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 28, 2022

Does extreme weather threaten the hazardous waste sites that border Lake Michigan? The case before the court challenges Environmental Protection Agency authority to regulate emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Crews work to contain a significant spill in the Flint River — Bridge Michigan. Michigan Radio. Other News.

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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. So we are no longer having rashes.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

“We need to protect our unleased public lands from this rush because they are the most significant tracts of undisturbed forest remaining in the state,” he said in 2010. Tom Corbett lifted it briefly in 2014. The moratorium remained until Republican Gov. Two years later, his Democratic successor, Gov. Tom Wolf, reinstated the ban.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 17, 2022

A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. million tons of uranium waste left over from milling ore to supply power plants and nuclear bombs. It didn’t happen. Video, Mauricio Rodríguez Pons and Ed Ou.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Indirect impacts include a 45% to 47% increase in fatal and major injury crashes according to a 2014 study. This map demonstrates various environmental exposures throughout the state that can help identify potential exposures near any given location. The next couple of slides are a selection of what we have covered.

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