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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 an April 2023 DEP determination of whether naturalgas drilling contaminated a Washington County family’s water well, DEP said the “widespread presence of PFAS” forever chemicals in fresh water may have led to “inadvertently” using contaminated water to frack a shale gas well. In December 2019, Gov. Read more here.
Researchers, using DEP data, found an average 30 percent discrepancy between the waste numbers reported by the oil and gas industry and the waste received by landfills. Discharge permits for these landfills do not commonly require monitoring of materials found in oil and gas waste. Related Articles This Week: -- Agenda For Oct.
If the radiation levels in the sludge decrease enough, the waste can be trucked to the same local landfills that handle household trash instead of being shipped by rail to radioactive waste disposal sites out west — a more expensive but safer option. In 2019, I met the plant’s superintendent, Guy Kruppa. Why Does It Matter?
Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,103 notices of violation so far in 2023, which means they are on track to exceed the 1,234 violations DEP issued them in 2022, according to DEP’s newly released 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. Click Here for a summary of 2022 shale gas and conventional violations.
. -- Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Groundwater Contamination Still Not Resolved: DEP continues to try to resolve groundwater contamination issues from conventional wells at the Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas Storage Facility in Jackson Township, Cambria County, the site of the 1.1 16 to 22 - 2nd Abandoned Shale Gas Well Pad?
Sunoco redacted information about the maximum distance from the pipeline that would be impacted by "thermal radiation," i.e. an explosion. Sunoco had been using a 660 foot distance from either side of the pipeline, but PHMSA requested that be increased to 1,000 feet.
In 2019, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an explosive story revealing a seemingly unusual number of Ewing sarcoma cases among youths in the heart of Southwest Pennsylvania’s oil and gas country.
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 naturalgas odor at the Pivik Elementary School 2 conventional gas well in Plum Borough, Allegheny County operated by Penneco Oil Co. Read more here.
DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. formal notice ) [Note: Update on Three Mile Island decommissioning other issues.] . -- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Dec. 10 PA Bulletin: Final-Omitted Regulations Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities -- Dec.
Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with naturalgas-fired electric generation. Our information from the radiation protection staff on the island indicated otherwise. Read more here. Read more here. William Scranton, and then Gov.
DEP’s 2021 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report said the agency issued 610 notices of violation to conventional operators for abandoning wells without plugging them. In the two prior years, DEP issued 360 NOVs in 2019 and 453 in 2020 to conventional oil and gas operators for the same offense. Dietz Gas & Oil, Inc.
The case involves an Olympus Energy land use application for the Dionysus shale gas well pad submitted to West Deer Township, Allegheny County in 2019. It was also revealed that Olympus has 548% higher fines per well drilled than the average for the top 20 PA operators and 163% more fines per well than the next highest operator."
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) committed to improving air emissions data for the oil and naturalgas production sector. EPA responded to the Report in an April 18, 2013 memorandum from Gina McCarthy (Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation) and Lek G.
Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with naturalgas-fired electric generation. Our information from the radiation protection staff on the island indicated otherwise. Read more here. Read more here. William Scranton, and then Gov.
Read more here ] A total of 29 companies were later identified in a separate review as spreading their wastewater on roads in 2018, 2019 and 2020, according to a review of DEP’s Oil & Gas Waste database by the Better Path Coalition. Enervest OPR LLC, G&G Gas, Inc., GASP Investment LLC, Gloria J & Roger S.
Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with naturalgas-fired electric generation. NaturalGas Infrastructure Threats It is naive and dangerous to not do everything we can to prevent and prepare for environmental accidents.
We most often encounter methane as the largest component of naturalgas: methane makes up 75 – 95% of the gas coming to your stove and furnace. Naturalgas” was a marketing term for this then-new, safer gas pumped through urban distribution pipes starting in the 1940s. the absence of air. Climate impact.
Click Here for a summary of 2022 shale gas and conventional violations. Winter Storm Elliot Causes NaturalGas Infrastructure Failure Naturalgas infrastructure failures during Winter Storm Elliot resulted in the proposed imposition of an unprecedented $1.8 Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.
It’s a testament to the industry’s innovative nature, dedication to continuous improvement, and collaborative approach that we are producing and transporting the energy that powers modern life while adhering to world-class standards. Naturalgas generation grew rapidly, driven by the shale gas revolution and low fuel prices.”
Q/A begins about the 39:58 mark with former Post-Gazette reporter David Templeton, who with Don Hopey, reported on multiple rare cancers in a Washington County school district in 2019. They were venting raw [natural] gas along with radiation coming up from the ground. Janice Blanock “My name is Janice Blanock.
But oil and gas companies have continued to spread their wastewater practically unchecked across the state, thanks to a loophole in state regulations. Lawson's experiences, new research, and the findings from Feridun's records request have thrust oil and gas companies' behavior back into the state's political spotlight.
Securities & Exchange Commission] filing where they warn investors in graphic detail about blowouts and cratering, explosions, uncontrollable flows of naturalgas or well fluids polluting surface and groundwater fires, pipe and cement failures, pipeline ruptures, spills, and releases of toxic gases. Look at their annual SEC [U.S.
In 2017, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources tried to ban road spreading of oil and gas wastewater based on concerns about levels of radioactivity found by the agency, but was blocked by the Ohio legislature. In 2019, more research found PFAS and PFOA ‘forever chemicals’ in the drilling wastewater. Read more here.
Gleick falsely accuses me of cherry-picking a quote from a 2019 New York Times story on Amazon fires. “If In reality, I specifically discuss the problems of mountaintop coal mining, fracking for naturalgas, and nuclear energy — even as I show each to be an improvement of the fuels they tend to replace (e.g., Why else use it?
Exaggeration of CO2’s Warming Effect Alarm over global warming stems from exaggerations of CO2’s potential to retain heat that otherwise would radiate to outer space. However, the gas has saturated to a large extent within the infrared range, leaving relatively little potential for increased warming.
Increasing Radiation Load In Stream Sediments [The study also analyzed samples downstream from outfalls of wastewater treatment plants that treat leachate from landfills accepting oil and gas waste. Discharge permits for these landfills do not commonly require monitoring of materials found in oil and gas waste.
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