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DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For Equitrans Project To Replace Abandoned Natural Gas Storage Wells In Greene County Due To Coal Mining

PA Environment Daily

PA Bulletin, page 213 ) According to Equitrans, CONSOL has plans to mine coal above and around the Equitrans Hunters Cave and Swarts Natural Gas Storage Fields over the next several decades. As a result, Equitrans will seek approval to transfer two existing horizontal natural gas storage wells to CONSOL who will then abandon them.

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DEP Reviewing Equitrans Act 2 Soil Cleanup Report On Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Conventional Well That Failed Venting 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In Cambria County

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection has received and is reviewing the Act 2 Land Recycling Final Report by Equitrans on the cleanup of soil around the conventional gas well that failed and resulted in the uncontrolled venting of 1.1 PA Bulletin, page 201 ) The report deals with the George Reade 1 conventional well. 30 to Jan.

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DEP Issued Record 6,860 Notices Of Violation To Conventional Oil & Gas Operators In 2023-- Nearly 52% More Than In 2021; ‘Culture Of Non-Compliance’ Continues

PA Environment Daily

Read more here. -- DEP Responds To Gas Well Leak At Plum Boro Elementary School, Allegheny County: On December 6, 2023, DEP responded to a complaint about a natural gas odor at the Pivik Elementary School 2 conventional gas well in Plum Borough, Allegheny County operated by Penneco Oil Co. Read more here.

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Local Officials, Residents, Advocacy Groups Call On DEP To Conduct A Robust Public Participation Process For Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Applications

PA Environment Daily

On October 1, 2018, the Department held a public hearing in Plum Borough, Allegheny County to solicit comments related to Penneco Environmental Solutions’ permit application to convert the Sedat #3A (Sedat) well from a production well to an injection disposal well,” said Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA.

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The Fuss about Methane

Legal Planet

We most often encounter methane as the largest component of natural gas: methane makes up 75 – 95% of the gas coming to your stove and furnace. Natural gas” was a marketing term for this then-new, safer gas pumped through urban distribution pipes starting in the 1940s. the absence of air.

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DEP: Shale Gas Operator Found Responsible For Water Supply Contamination After Investigation Documents Chemical Contamination Spread Across 3 Townships In Greene County

PA Environment Daily

Million Penalty/Consent Order On January 16, 2018, DEP announced it signed a consent order and agreement with Energy Corporation of America-- now Greylock-- that included a $1.7 million because the company paid the penalty in full before January 31, 2018. Read more here. Read more here.

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Environmental Health Project: CNX Resources Claims Shale Gas Drilling Poses No Public Health Risks Are ‘Misleading, Irresponsible, Dangerous’

PA Environment Daily

Josh Shapiro and CNX Resources, a shale gas extraction company based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, announced a collaboration on environmental monitoring and chemical disclosures. The CNX report cited data monitoring associated with the collaboration and declared that its shale gas development “is safe and poses no public health risk.”