Environmental News Bits

MARCH 21, 2022

What GAO Found To remove household hazardous waste—some items that can catch fire, react, or explode under certain circumstances or that are corrosive or toxic—after the 2018 and 2020 California wildfires, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took steps that followed its emergency response policy.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 21, 2021

The Wastewater Treatment Plant Energy Assistance Program started in 2018 with funding from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Partnering with the University of… Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 31, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Excess Food Opportunities Map, first released in 2018, displays facility specific information for potential generators and recipients of excess food in the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors, including estimates of excess food for most generators.

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Nanotech

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

On February 8, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final amendments to the 2018 final rule that established fees for the administration of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

On November 21, the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Justice and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced two settlements with oil and gas operators in Pennsylvania involving operations in Butler, Lawrence and Mercer Counties. In separate agreements, XTO Energy Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

This is a list of companies issued ten or move NOVs for abandoning conventional oil and gas wells without plugging them in any one year-- Advanced Petro Corp (2016) Aiello Bros Oil & Gas (2016; 2017) Allegheny Enterprises (2018) ARG Resources (2018) Bobcat Well & Pipeline (2017) Boyd G. & Eugene A.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2024

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the January 27 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 27 PA Bulletin it is extending the deadline for conventional and unconventional natural gas facility operators to submit their first methane pollution emissions report to June 1, 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2023

Act 54 Report The Council has been working on comments on DEP’s 2013-2018 Act 54 Report detailing environmental and property impacts of underground coal mining since the report was first available in December 2021. DEP is now working to gather data for the 2018-2022 Act 54 report. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2023

On July 26, the Department of Environmental Protection and Sunoco Pipeline L.P. The violations occurred between 2018 and 2021 in Chester, Berks, Blair, Cambria, Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Perry, and York Counties. million penalty to DEP for the 2018 Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline explosion in Beaver County.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Since 2018, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Energy has partnered with the Smart Energy Design Assistance Center (SEDAC) and the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) to help municipalities reduce energy and costs for water and wastewater treatment. Download the document.

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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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MGKF Law

JULY 6, 2023

United States Environmental Protection Agency , No. Sinclair applied for a hardship exemption from EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standards for compliance year 2018 and, when EPA did not immediately respond, submitted Renewable Identification Numbers (“RINs”) in compliance with the regulations. 22-9530 (10th Cir.

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Corp Watch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

EPA orders Lockheed Martin, Honeywell to clean contaminated Valley water Daily News PaulaR Mon, 09/18/2023 - 19:51 Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Read more Brenda Gazzar The U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2024

On January 26, 2024, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a notice of violation to Equitrans Midstream for abandoning and not plugging 19 conventional gas wells at the Swarts Natural Gas Storage Field in Greene County. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Map: Post-Gazette. Westmoreland County?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

The federal Clean Water Act directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce the rules that regulate this pollution. But the current rules, which were enacted two decades ago, are woefully inadequate at curbing the environmental and human impacts of this dirty water deluge.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2024

Read more here [Greylock and Energy Corporation of America, the previous owner of the sites in both counties, entered into a consent order with DEP in 2018 that required ECA to pay a $1.7 [The original criminal charges also involved sites in Clearfield County. million penalty for drilling violations in Greene and Clearfield counties.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2024

By Tali MacArthur, PA Environmental Council Watershed Program Manager This article is part of the Pennsylvania Organization for Watershed and Rivers (POWR) Spotlight on Success Series. However, after a series of environmental protections starting with the Clean Water Act of 1972 and, of course, time, these streams have bounced back.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 2, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General identified a decline in enforcement activity within the agency from fiscal 2007 through fiscal 2018 in a report released Thursday. Read the full story in The Hill.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The initial stage of the project began in 2018 before facing delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic and easement issues. Jamie Barton (R-Schuylkill), and other federal and local officials shared remarks about the importance of this bridge to the trail and to the economies of both Berks and Schuylkill Counties. Interested in visiting?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 2, 2023

Donald McEachin, who co-led the inception of this legislation starting in 2018 and was a fierce champion for environmental justice all his life. McEachin, who passed away last November, was a lifelong advocate for social and environmental justice in my home state of Virginia. Raúl Grijalva and Barbara Lee, and Sens.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

Gas pipeline companies like Adelphia Gateway and the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line have argued, with the support of the Department of Environmental Protection which is defending permits it issued, the federal Natural Gas Act gives the federal Third Circuit Court exclusive jurisdiction in appeals of DEP permits for gas pipeline facilities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2024

Chevron began publishing its list in 2018 after more than 30 percent of investors approved a resolution directing the company to disclose its “policy and procedures governing lobbying, both direct and indirect, and grassroots lobbying communications.”

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 2, 2021

percent in 2018. percent in 2018. Environmental Protection Agency when utilities assess the cost of controlling sewage pollution. The rising cost of water and sewer service is a problem across Michigan, but especially for high-poverty communities. percent of households in 1980 to 6.7 percent of households in 1980 to 6.7

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection is inviting comments on the proposed renewal of an NPDES Industrial Waste Discharge Permit for the Energy Harbor Generation LLC Little Blue Run Coal Ash Disposal Area (former Bruce Mansfield Power Plant) in Shippingport Borough, Beaver County. ( Related Article: -- [2018] - DEP: Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2023

On August 5, the Department of Environmental Protection published the final Chapter 105 Environmental Assessment Alternatives Analysis technical guidance related to projects impacting waterways and wetlands in Pennsylvania [DEP ID:  310-2100-002 ].

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

On June 7, the Better Path Coalition reported the Department of Environmental Protection has removed the co-product category from its waste disposal reporting database for conventional oil and gas well owners, according to documents the Coalition received in response to a Right-To-Know request. barrels of oil.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

Spring seeps and unmanaged stormwater caused a significant landslide on Haverhill Street in 2018 and released a substantial amount of sediment on the roadway. This uncontrolled water continues to deteriorate the road and carries pollutants and sediment downstream to combined sewage systems along Nine Mile Run.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2024

EPA said DEP is working on a revised Stormwater BMP Manual and has offered its assistance in completing DEP's review of Total Maximum Daily Load Plans for 2018 MS4 permittees.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection will open a public comment period on the draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Report starting January 15. formal notice ) The Water Quality Report includes the accumulated results of water quality assessments of streams throughout the Commonwealth.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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 Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant in Salem Township, Washington County. ( million to DEP.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection issued a record 6,860 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. regarding the energy company’s failure to fix a natural gas leak that caused a house explosion in Greene County in 2018. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

On April 5, township supervisors, concerned residents, and advocacy organizations submitted a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection calling on the agency to conduct a proper Public Participation Process for an oil and gas waste injection disposal well in Potter County. Some listings include links to permit applications.

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Brag

AUGUST 10, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a webinar series in collaboration with the PETA Science Consortium International (PSCI), Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS), and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR). Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton The U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

On March 11, the Department of Environmental Protection named Justin Dula as the Acting Director of the Office of Environmental Justice.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

On September 9, 2024, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a notice of violation to Apex Energy (PA) LLC for failing to submit a list of fracking chemicals used to frack 37 shale gas wells in Salem and Hempfield Townships, Westmoreland County between March 20, 2018 and February 17, 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Other violations like failure to manage drilling wastewater safely, not notifying DEP of spills, failure to submit annual well integrity and waste disposal reports, failure to operate the wells to meet environmental protection standards and many more go along with NOVs for failure to plug wells. Read more here. --In Read more here.

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