PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020.

Waste 134

Waste 2017 2020 2019 134

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 20 PA Bulletin inviting comments on five draft stream evaluation reports for watersheds located in Chester, Fulton, Greene, Lancaster, Lycoming and Sullivan counties.

2017 77

2017 Environmental Protection 2008 2024 77

Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2023

In 2017, the 12-year-old was walking home when he slipped into a deep pit abandoned by Metallicon S.A In public meetings hosted by the Georgian Environmental Protection Division (EPD), no resident has voiced support for the mine, Georgia Public Broadcasting reports.

2023 244

2023 Nuclear Power 2015 Cooling 244

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. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). June 28, 2017).

2017 40

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Renewable Energy 40

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

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

2010 122

2010 2017 2014 2008 122

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 2 PA Bulletin that MTM Trading LLC (Tagital) is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( Read more here.

Recycling 104

Recycling Waste Law 2017 104

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Pennsylvania has won the International Envirothon competition in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2017 and frequently places in the top 10 finishers. Now more than 15,000 high school students across the state compete in 67 county Envirothons. Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Penn State Extension.

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2005 Natural Resources 2001 2003 105

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act consent order and agreement with Dooling Properties, LLC and a settlement agreement with 5627-41 Hegerman Street, LLC related to the former Gryphin Coatings, Inc. Site at 3501 Richmond Street in Philadelphia. (

2017 74

2017 Environmental Protection Recycling 2024 74

Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) announced that proposed amendments to the state’s Clean Energy Standard (CES) were finalized earlier this month without substantive changes from draft language initially proposed by the agencies in April 2022.

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Clean Energy Electricity Renewable Energy 2030 130

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 14, 2023

Late last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asked the public to provide oral comments on a major rule that will determine how much soot pollution you are exposed to. This part of the law, requiring the government to consider only science-based evidence that can protect public health, has been upheld for years.

Clean Air Act 246

Clean Air Act Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 2001 246

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 19 PA Bulletin has banned the sale of electronic products by Proexpress Distribution, LLC in Pennsylvania as a result of non-compliance with the electronic waste recycling law. ( Read more here.

Recycling 96

Recycling Waste Law 2017 96

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

-based Environmental Working Group identified 775 CAFOs in the western Lake Erie basin in 2018, 230 more than in 2005. Department of Agriculture 2017 Census and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental Protection Agency. The growth has been exponential. The study found that CAFOs spread 5.5

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2020 2010 Waste Conservation 317

PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2023

On July 26, the Department of Environmental Protection and Sunoco Pipeline L.P. Under Governor Shapiro's leadership, we will continue to hold companies accountable for their actions and protect Pennsylvanians' constitutional right to clean air and water. announced they had entered into two consent assessments of civil penalties.

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas 2018 Environmental Protection 2017 98

Endangered Species Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The lawsuit stems from the Service’s failure to issue biological opinions to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to that agency’s request for formal ESA section 7 consultation with the Service over the EPA’s 2017 and 2021.

Endangered Species Act 59

Endangered Species Act 2017 Environmental Protection 2024 59

Vermont Law

APRIL 5, 2023

The potential contribution of the BBNJ agreement to strengthen environmental protection in the development of marine renewable energy technologies in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Nearly two-thirds of the global ocean and almost half of the planet are marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ).

Renewable Energy 52

Renewable Energy Environmental Protection Technology Technology 52

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

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. ( Read more here.

Recycling 74

Recycling Waste Law 2017 74

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

On November 15, the Department of Environmental Protection released a simple guide to help residents and businesses understand recycling in Pennsylvania called “ Guidelines for Recycling in Your Community.” Economic Benefits According to a 2017 Recycling Economic Impact study, the recycling marketplace contributed $22.6

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Recycling Carbon Dioxide Waste 2015 105

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Mike worked for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 1986 and served as Regional Director of the Department of Environmental Protections Northeast Regional Office since 2004. In 2017, Audubon Mid-Atlantic approached Kathy to partner on a Return on Environment (ROE) study for the county.

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Natural Resources 2004 Environmental Protection Conservation 101

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

Those that could stop the brine dumping, the Department of Environmental Protection and township officials, turned a deaf ear to residents. In 2018, road spreading was halted in many areas of Pennsylvania as a result of a settlement of an Environmental Hearing Board appeal with DEP’s Oil and Gas Program. Read more here.]

Waste 97

Waste Environmental Protection 2016 2017 97

PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

Technical expertise is provided by the following partners: Department of Agriculture, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Game Commission, Fish and Boat Commission, Department of Education, and the U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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Natural Resources Conservation 2001 2003 105

Physics World

MARCH 31, 2022

Preliminary discussions of the new system began in 2017 after one media outlet described asteroid VL2 as being “the size of an elephant”. Other ESA officials hope the system will also boost the agency’s outreach efforts and highlight the contributions of space science to environmental protection. The asteroid trillionaires.

2017 118

2017 2018 Environmental Protection 2022 118

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The site was acquired by Fairmont Brine Processing in 2012 and has been inactive since 2017. The shale gas industry also shipped over 138,000 cubic feet of TENORM waste to secure low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities in 2022 and over 911,000 cubic feet since 2017. On October 19, the U.S. Read more here.] [In

Natural Gas 87

Natural Gas 2017 Fossil Fuels Environmental Protection 87

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued 12 unconventional shale gas drillers notices of violation for abandoning gas wells without plugging them at 35 wells pads (each with multiple wells) in 17 counties between 2016 and 2022, according to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Reporting system. Jordan 6 - Hempfield Twp.,

2016 98

2016 2017 2020 2018 98

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz visited Centre County to see first-hand the positive impact ClearWater Conservancy is having on local and downstream water quality. Beginning in 2017, ClearWater worked with several partners, including the Radzwich Family, to restore and stabilize 3.8

Conservation 81

Conservation 2017 Natural Resources Environmental Protection 81

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Now, a report by the state Department of Environmental Protection reflects that legislative malpractice. The DEP found that, from 2017 through 2021, more than half of owners of “conventional” gas wells failed to report how much gas they extracted and that operators abandoned, without plugging, more than 3,000 methane-spewing wells.

Waste 102

Waste Regulations 2017 Natural Gas 102

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2024

Laboratory Fee Report DEP periodically evaluates the adequacy of permit and administration fees to support its environmental protection programs. DEP’s Laboratory Fee Report includes a summary of fee revenue and costs from 2017 to 2023 and makes projections for the next five years.

2027 73

2027 2026 2025 2016 73

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 24, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency withdrew its risk assessment. The groups also say that under the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada has a legal responsibility to use the most up-to-date and accurate science when renewing glyphosate products.

Regulations 132

Regulations 2017 2030 Government 132

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

One determination DEP provided was from Pennfield Energy, even though the company has not reported road spreading since 2017, before the moratorium. In fact, Pennfield has not reported any waste disposal since 2017 despite the fact that gas production reports show that the company produced nearly 10166 barrels of oil between 2018 and 2020.

Waste 98

Waste 2018 2016 2017 98

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The report looked at environmental compliance in the industry between 2017 through 2021. Overview Of Non-Compliance DEP reports between 2017 through 2021, the agency did 63,026 inspections of wells belonging to 1,512 conventional oil and gas well owners operating 34,812 wells.

Waste 98

Waste 2017 Regulations Environmental Protection 98

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection conducted an inspection of DAMA’s facility in 2017 and discovered that there was an unpermitted and uncontrolled Sanitary Sewer Overflow occurring. The Office of Attorney General assumed jurisdiction over this case as a referral from the Department of Environmental Protection.

2008 71

2008 Environmental Protection 2017 2018 71

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

Wolf directed the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct an evaluation of how it regulates conventional oil and gas wells to prevent new abandoned wells, tighten review of permit transfers, review compliance with environmental safeguards and make recommendations for changes and actions, including criminal sanctions.

Regulations 105

Regulations Waste Environmental Protection Law 105

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency. At the maximum, nitrate in Aurora is just below the federal standard, though the town did exceed the 10 parts per million (ppm) threshold in the summer of 2017, registering 11.4 They are neighbors to the ag industry. They typically use groundwater. And they are small.

2011 340

2011 2016 Fossil Fuels 2020 340

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 13 PA Bulletin that Eyoyo is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( Read more here.

Recycling 78

Recycling Waste Law 2017 78

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency, the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation and Perdue Farms, announced a new initiative to support conservation practice implementation on poultry farms throughout Pennsylvania. On October 16, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay , in partnership with the U.S.

Conservation 101

Conservation 2017 Natural Resources Environmental Protection 101

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2022

Lisa Daniels has been named Acting Deputy for Water Programs at the Department of Environmental Protection. Daniels also held the Deputy position in an acting capacity in 2017. She replaces Aneca Atkinson who served in that position since January of 2019. Read more here. Read more here.

2017 75

2017 2019 Environmental Protection 2021 75

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a November 14 hearing on a proposed RACT III Air Quality Permit for the Energy Transfer Marcus Hook Terminal in Delaware County. The facility is located in an environmental justice area.

Natural Gas 80

Natural Gas Waste 2017 Environmental Protection 80

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2022

On October 6, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has assessed and collected a $147,250 civil penalty from Rice Drilling B LLC for erosion and sedimentation violations that were documented in 2019 and 2020 at Rice’s Mac well site in Whitely Township, Greene County.

2019 73

2019 2017 Natural Gas 2020 73