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1973 ) -- Blackhill Energy LLC - 16-Inch Steel Gas Pipeline: DEP issued a Chapter 105 permit for a pipeline project Mill Creek, Pisgah Creek, Sugar Creek located in Springfield, Troy, West Burlington and Branville Townships, Bradford County. PA Bulletin, page 2016 ) -- CNX Gas Co. PA Bulletin, page.1973 24, 2025. ( Received Dec.
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You can help DEP’s evaluation too by sending the problems you’ve had with conventional oil and gas drilling operations to DEP’s Oil & Gas Program email: ra-epoilandgas@pa.gov. Oil & Gas Drilling Is Not A Clean Business Do you believe drilling conventional oil and naturalgas wells is a clean business?
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[DEP, in fact, designated 84 municipalities as “waste facilities” because they were sites where conventional oil and gas well owners reported road dumping their wastewater. Read more here. Read more here.] barrels of oil.
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April 8 PA Bulletin, page 2016 ) Read more here. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 8 PA Bulletin that Chuwi Innovation and Technology is not in compliance with the state electronics waste recycling law and is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania. (
Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- SWN Production Company, LLC - O’Dell Impoundment: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of oil contaminated by three releases of freshwater and production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standard for the facility located in New Milford Twp., McKean County. ( Susquehanna County. (
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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 million; and DEP: $4.2
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My mother inherited the shares and passed away in 2016. 2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 201 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. It had $64 in cash as of its final filing and has no other assets.” “It Read more here.
. -- The Susquehanna River Basin Commission published notice in the April 20 PA Bulletin announcing a May 2 hearing on water use requests, including seven shale gas drilling-related requests in Lycoming, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wyoming counties. Comments are due May 13. Read more here. Philadelphia. ( Philadelphia. ( Philadelphia. (
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Researchers in Ohio found similar results from testing conventional and unconventional oil and gas drilling wastewater, plus they also looked for PFAS ‘forever chemicals.” PA Road Dumping Problem In 2021, conventional oil and gas operators reported disposing of 977,671 gallons of their wastewater by road dumping. Read more here.
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DEP issued over 4,270 notices of violation to 256 conventional operators between 2016 and 2022 for abandoning wells without plugging them. DEP issued notices of violation to 12 unconventional drilling operators for abandoning wells on at least 35 well pads (which each have multiple wells) from 2016 to 2022. Read more here.
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