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The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a new State Only Minor Air Quality Operating Permit for the continued operation of the ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC [Energy Transfer] Revolution NaturalGas Cryogenic Processing Plant in Salem Township, Washington County. ( million to DEP.
One way to better understand the impact the oil and gas industry has on the daily lives of Pennsylvanians is to read Oil and Gas Program inspection reports to see the kinds of violations DEP uncovers every day, week in and week out, as they inspect oil and gas wells and gas infrastructure across the state.
In 2018, frustration was so great with the lack of compliance with Energy Transfer/Sunoco on the Mariner East Pipeline Project that DEP imposed a total permit block on the company and Republican Sen. billion cubic feet of naturalgas from the Rager Mountain Gas Storage area in Cambria County; -- $1.1
As evidence of these diagnoses and conditions, the Latkanichs provided toxicology reports and a copy of his sons May 1, 2018 medical report. Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To NaturalGas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results [September 2023] -- State Dept.
The following factsheet on asthma and airpollution from naturalgas facilities was compiled by the Environmental Health Project -- Asthma is a chronic disease that affects breathing. more than 25 million people (7.9%), including six million children, have asthma (CDC, 2018). In the U.S.,
Seth Grove (R-York) introduced House Bill 2444 that contains a naturalgas industry wish list of measures they want to expand naturalgas drilling, subsidize pipeline expansion using DCNR Oil and Gas Fund revenue, automatically approve of well permits and preempting local government regulation of all facilities regulated by DEP.
KDKA in Pittsburgh posted a report July 3, 2023 about the impact of the December explosion at the Energy Transfer naturalgas processing plant and the plant’s continuing operations on a nearby Washington County farm family. million cubic feet of naturalgas from a pipeline pigging station). Read more here.
Martina White (R-Philadelphia), adopted a final report on the best and safest way to increase the export Pennsylvania's naturalgas overseas. The minority report largely summarizes testimony presented to the Task Force about the only potential site for a naturalgas LNG plant identified so far and that is in Chester, Delaware County.
By Cat (Cathy) Lodge, Washington County Resident My family’s home is in Washington County and we have more Marcellus and Utica Shale naturalgas industrial facilities than any other county in Pennsylvania. Counties across the state have witnessed harm from the heavy industrial activity associated with naturalgas exploration.
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Shapiro made as Attorney General to advance commonsense measures that prioritize public health and safety and ensure the naturalgas industry is performing its work in line with the highest standards. The Governor's Office said the agreement helps further a promise Gov. Those grand jurors, they did incredible work.
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million in annual taxpayer subsidies to manufacturing and other businesses that use naturalgas and hydrogen in their operations for at least 20 years. The bill also more than doubles the tax credit for using naturalgas to make petrochemicals or fertilizer from naturalgas. billion in state tax incentives.
Conventional Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Williams/Laurel Mountain Midstream, LLM On Monday, March 17, 2025 at approximately 5:30 p.m., Both Atlas and Diversified reported this well plugged in 2018, but Diversified submitted production reports in 2023 showing the well is producing. Read more here. Well as drilled in 2011.
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The studies found shale gas wells-- -- Can Make Asthma Worse: “We learned that there was a strong link between the production phase of unconventional naturalgas development and severe exacerbations, emergency department visits and hospitalizations for asthma in people living within 10 miles of one or more wells producing naturalgas.
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More Background Since March 2011, the state Department of Health has been attempting to document health complaints of residents initially in unconventional oil and gas drilling areas and maintains a Health Complaints Registry. These include contamination of surface or groundwater, airpollution or soil degradation.
In 2018, the state Department of Health and DEP, with assistance from the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, released a public health evaluation of long-term air sampling data in the vicinity of naturalgas operations in Washington County. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.
Trillion Across Global Economy, Report -- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells -- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp.,
The announcement follows Governor Shapiro’s work as Attorney General that led to the 43rd Statewide Grand Jury Report , which advocated for a series of common sense reforms to prioritize public health and ensure the naturalgas industry is operating in line with the highest standards. According to the media advisory , Gov.
Miles of two 16-Inch NaturalGas Pipelines, One 16-Inch Water Pipeline: DEP issued an NPDES Water Quality Permit for the project impacting Pucketa Creek in Upper Burrell Twp., PA Bulletin, page 1444 ) -- Beech Resources, LLC - 16-Inch NaturalGas Pipeline/16-Inch Water Pipeline: DEP approved Chapter 105 permit for 1.9
The PA League of Women Voters and the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health is now accepting registrations for the 11th Annual Shale Gas & Public Health Conference to be held in-person and online November 14 in Pittsburgh. Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?
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Republicans also approved letters opposing Environmental Quality Board final regulations to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas operations, the Public Utility Commission’s proposed regulations improving naturalgas and hazardous liquids pipeline safety and DEP’s proposed Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy.
The new Driving PA Forward Truck and Bus Fleet Grant-funded projects will take 42 old diesel trucks and buses off the road, replacing them with electric, propane, compressed naturalgas, and new clean diesel vehicles. The projects are located in high-population areas with dense traffic and high airpollution levels.
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Causer To Introduce Bill Legalizing It [PaEN] -- Illegal Wastewater Dumping Continues, Even On Mothers Day, Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners’ Campaign Of Intimidation Of Senate Witness; Now Dumping Before It Rains, On Paved Roads [PaEN] -- DEP Imposed $2.2 New Act 14 Notices Of New Wells From Sarah Shale Gas Well Pad In Union Twp.,
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Matzie (D-Beaver) -- WESA: Braddock Residents, Environmentalists Push Back On AirPollution From Edgar Thomson Steel Works -- Post-Gazette: Proposed U.S. Steel Permit At The Forefront Of Air Quality Hearing In Braddock -- MCall: How Much Pollution Are Tractor-Trailers Causing In Lehigh Valley?
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On December 27, 2022-- Christmas week-- a malfunction at the CNX Oak Springs NaturalGas Pipeline Pigging Station in South Franklin Township, Washington County resulted in the release of an estimated 1.1 million cubic feet of naturalgas and hazardous airpollutants. From approximately 10:14 a.m.
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