PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

Other violations include leaking gas and failure to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Many were leaking gas and failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Owner also failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports.

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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. Read more here.

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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. have gotten easier.

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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. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2022

More complete DEP records now show conventional oil and gas drillers reported spreading 977,671 gallons of untreated drilling wastewater on Pennsylvania's roads in 2021, according to an updated report by the Better Path Coalition released Wednesday. Fracking waste is fracking waste. There’s no difference. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

On September 1, the Department of Environmental Protection said any waste generated by the new conventional oil and gas well plugging program will NOT be exempt from hazardous waste requirements, unlike the same or similar wastes generated from active oil and gas production wells and facilities. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection will be accepting applications until December 16 for the new Methane Reduction Grants Program to plug marginally producing conventional oil and gas wells. Only 10 applicants applied so far to plug 77 wells, according to DEP’s report to the Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board on December 5.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2022

I first wrote a version of this post way back in July 2021, when Ezra Klein dropped a couple of lines knocking the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) into one of the op-eds The New York Times loves to perennially run about how California is actually the worst (I’m sorry it can’t be 80 degrees in March everywhere, guys).

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Circle of Blue

JULY 6, 2021

All the things that go down the drain and end up at the waste water treatment plant are not removed there. By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio — July 6, 2021. All the things that go down the drain and end up at the waste water treatment plant are not removed there. Photo Lester Graham. It’s a soup of chemicals.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

DEP’s Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board is scheduled to have a meeting September 9 with several critical issues on the agenda, including road dumping of conventional drilling wastewater, radiation monitoring of drilling and other wastes, and review of draft conventional drilling regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

On September 20, Ali Tarquino Morris, Director Of DEP’s Bureau of Waste Management, told the Citizen Advisory Council conventional oil and gas operator plans to dispose of their wastewater by dumping it on dirt and gravel roads as a dust suppressant continue to fail to meet the state’s Residual Waste Regulations. Read more here.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The tide of waste was generated by animals from 132 CAFOs in Indiana and Ohio. In 2021, USDA spending on conservation reached 29 of Lenawee County’s 1,300 farms. Operators are required to “manifest” or document the quantity and location where waste is spread. EGLE has not compiled records for manifested waste for 2015.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the June 8 PA Bulletin that Cocopart is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( For more information on this program, visit DEP’s Electronics Waste Recycling webpage.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 24 PA Bulletin announcing that Teclast is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( Read more here. Read more here. 7, 21, Oct. 12 [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed For Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2021

The PA Resources Council and the Audubon Society of Western PA will hold an electronics waste recycling event on June 19 from 9:00 a.m. PRC’s June 19 e-waste collection is presented by Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania and sponsored by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Colcom Foundation, Pennsylvania American Water, LANXESS, 100.1

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 15, 2024

On August 14, 2024, the Department of Environmental Protection issued notices of violation to 16 owners of 5,374 conventional oil and gas wells for failing to submit annual production, waste generation/disposal and well integrity reports over multiple years, according to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2022

On April 13, the Department of Environmental Protection advised 18 municipalities in four counties the road dumping of conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater is illegal and considered waste disposal. DEP said coproduct determinations submitted by CRS Energy, LLC, DJR Well Services, Energy Resources of America, Inc.,

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 16 PA Bulletin prohibiting the sale of electronic devices by Wiltronic Corp (IVIEW) as a result of violations of the Covered Device Recycling Act-- Pennsylvania’s electronics waste recycling law. ( Read more here. Read more here.

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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. ( For more information on this program, visit DEP’s Electronics Waste Recycling webpage.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 21 PA Bulletin it has banned the sale of electronic products by Trexonic in Pennsylvania as a result of non-compliance with the electronic waste recycling law. ( For more information on this program, visit DEP’s Electronics Waste Recycling webpage.

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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. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Over the last two weeks, the Department of Environmental Protection issued Bialy Gas Production LLC 36 violations for abandoning conventional oil and gas wells they own, bringing the total of violations for conventional well abandonment to 96 for this year covering 36 different well owners. 3D Resources LLC, Edward E.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

As noted in a 2021 National Academies of Sciences (NAS) report , these approaches have the potential for substantial carbon sequestration, but key questions remain about their efficacy, benefits, and risks. Both the London Convention and London Protocol aim to limit ocean dumping.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee is scheduled to hold an October 30 public hearing on House Bill 1607 (Borowski-D-Delaware), a comprehensive rewrite of the state electronics waste recycling law ( sponsor summary ). When she announced the legislation in July, Rep. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

million gallons of toxic, radioactive drilling waste on unpaved roads in the Commonwealth. Feridun’s attempt to use the Oil and Gas Division’s Oil and Gas Reporting Electronic (OGRE) system to track where the waste has gone revealed many problems with the system’s design and entries that should set off alarms but don’t.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 21, 2021

In 2020, Justin Nobel wrote an expose of fracking’s radioactivity, in particular in the wastewater and other wastes produced by conventional and unconventional natural gas drilling. 25 Webinar On Watersheds And Wilderness At Risk From Natural Gas Development [Posted: August 21, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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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.

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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. more than in 2021 and 26.6% Environmental Protection Agency Underground Injection Well Program. more than in 2022 and 569.9%

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 20, 2022

Canada makes its case for storing nuclear waste beneath the Great Lakes. A report from Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection found that one-third of all waterways in the state are polluted and could harm wildlife, recreation or drinking water. waterways more than 3,000 times between 2017 and 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Grants -- The Department of Environmental Protection is now accepting applications for Coastal Zone Grants for projects in the Delaware Estuary and Lake Erie coastal zones. PA Bulletin, page 5644 ) -- Waste Management Of Fairless, LLC - Fairless Landfill: DEP issued an Air Quality Permit covering the proposed 63.5

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA Residents of Clara Township in Potter County and environmental advocates are calling on the Department of Environmental Protection to provide them with an opportunity to weigh in on an injection well planned for their community.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Canadians respond to the climate emergency by voting for climate action and environmental protection. As the polls show, a majority of Canadians know there is no time to waste. The federal parties must now put aside their differences and work together to do what is needed to tackle the environmental crisis we face.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2021

Provisions added at the last minute to the Fiscal Code and Administrative Code bills accompanying the FY 2021-22 budget have a big impact on environmental restoration and protection programs again this year. Special provisions-- -- No Transfer To Environmental Stewardship Fund.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sara Innamorato (D-Allegheny) co-chaired a hearing by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on the environmental and health dangers associated with oil and gas drilling waste in Pennsylvania. We are concerned because radium-226 and radium-228, both present in oil and gas waste, can cause bone and connective tissue cancer.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2023

On December 14, Carbon County residents joined Clean Air Council and PennFuture for a virtual press conference urging the Department of Environmental Protection to reject Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. The Panther Creek power plant is a waste coal-fired power plant home to thousands of cryptocurrency mining computers.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

Violations issued for abandonment and failure to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Violations issued for abandonment and failure to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. DEP also requested a Waste Control and Disposal Plan for the site. Shaffer Jr.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The Pennsylvania Resources Council will present its most prestigious honor – the Fox Calhoun Award – to environmental trailblazer David Hess at its annual Awards Celebration held Thursday, October 14, in virtual format. The 2021 Awards Celebration is sponsored by A Friend of PRC, Howard Wein, Esq.,

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