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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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Read more here.] .: Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2022

On September 30, DEP told the Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee shale gas fracking operations in Pennsylvania sent nearly 236,00 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to out-of-state low-level radioactive waste facilities for disposal, more volume than all the industries combined in the four-state Appalachian Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2021

On July 29, the Ohio River Valley Institute released a new poll of Pennsylvania voters which found by wide margins they support tougher regulation of the natural gas drilling industry, community regulation of drilling and the development of clean energy sources. The poll found voters are especially concerned about fracking waste.

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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. Until better regulations are finalized, the easiest way to protect your water is through a filtration system. By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio — July 6, 2021. It’s a soup of chemicals. Chemicals in water can mix.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Plants will also explore the growing role of carbon credit markets in incentivizing the plugging of orphaned and abandoned wells. DEP Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Well Plugging Grant Applications Due Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Joshua Kail (R-Beaver) said he thought it was outrageous DEP has a process where any citizen can petition the agency for a change in its regulations. One deals with [ shale gas well plugging] bonding [accepted for evaluation in November 2021 ] in the natural gas industry. EQB regulations at 25 Pa.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2024

On October 7, the Ohio River Valley Institute released the results of a new poll which found 90% of Pennsylvania voters support stricter regulations on the fracking industry, according to the poll conducted by Upswing Research for the Ohio River Valley Institute. Click Here for presentation slides. 28 to Oct. 28 to Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

On September 29, DEP told the Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee shale gas operations in Pennsylvania sent 138,336 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to the Waste Control Specialists low-level radioactive waste facility in Texas for disposal. Click Here for DEP table on TENORM waste. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 19, 2021

On August 19, Kurt Klapkowski, Director of DEP’s Bureau Of Oil and Gas Planning and Program Management, told the PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council DEP is looking to develop the data to defend the development of a program to allow the road dumping of drilling wastewater across the state under new conventional drilling regulations.

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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. Read more here. There’s no difference.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Even if the resolution is adopted, it would not be binding in the same way as a formal international agreement, but it could still impact how countries regulate marine CDR. Both the London Convention and London Protocol require parties to adopt domestic laws to regulate the “dumping” of “waste and other matter” at sea.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 30, 2024

But as I showed in my 2013 and 2021 reports, the hype surrounding SMRs is way overblown, and my conclusions remain valid today. In any event, regulators are loosening safety and security requirements for SMRs in ways which could cancel out any safety benefits from passive features.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 12, 2021

In 2021, over 3 million people are feeling the effects of a hydrological vanishing act: the shrinking of the blue waters of Central Asia’s largest lake into a dehydrated landscape of greens and browns. . Regulating water contamination and collecting pollution data is made difficult by the Ili River’s transboundary nature. .

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

Wolf directed the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct an evaluation of how it regulates conventional oil and gas wells to prevent new abandoned wells, tighten review of permit transfers, review compliance with environmental safeguards and make recommendations for changes and actions, including criminal sanctions.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Read more here ] The Office of Attorney General also brought about a 2021 settlement with Chesapeake Energy for payment of royalties to landowners with shale gas leases that involved $5.3 million penalty against Halliburton Energy Services for 255 violations of the state Solid Waste Management Act; -- $1.5 Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2025

Hill also noted the company has been under investigation by the Office of Attorney General for possible state Solid Waste Management Act violations road dumping their wastewater under the co-product determination process in DEPs Residual Waste Regulations. Original violation issued April 19, 2021. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2024

On April 30, Senate Bill 1174 (Stefano-R-Fayette) was reported out of the Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee with unanimous Republican support that would allow any “public utility” to petition the Public Utility Commission to waive any law, regulation or policy under the Commission’s jurisdiction, if it benefits ratepayers.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

On November 30, the Environmental Quality Board voted 15 to 2 to approve the emergency regulation setting VOC/methane emission limits for conventional oil and gas facilities. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) voted no on the regulation. Representatives for Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) and Rep. Read more here. Read more here.

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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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Environmental Law Centre

JULY 24, 2024

The post Regulating Pollution and Contaminated Sites in Alberta: Case Study of the Verte Homesteader Community appeared first on Environmental Law Centre. Cover Photo – “Fencing around the old Domtar site” Photograph. CTV News Edmonton. link] Imagine that you invested your life savings in buying a home. One day, you.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

Conventional oil and gas operators just filed annual reports with DEP documenting their disposal of over 580,000 gallons of drilling wastewater by dumping it on dirt and gravel roads during 2021, according to DEP’s Oil & Gas Waste Reporting Database. million gallons from 2018 to 2021. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2023

The Delaware River Basin Commission has clarified regulations it adopted in December to regulate wastewater to make clear they ban the road spreading and disposal of fracking wastewater from conventional as well as unconventional shale gas drilling operations. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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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

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

MAY 22, 2023

The DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on May 25 to discuss a variety of issues including well plugging, proposed waste management regulations, methane emission court challenge, road dumping drilling wastewater and more.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

EV batteries currently represent about half of the lithium-ion batteries (by mass) that are being recycled, which also includes consumer electronics and waste from battery manufacturing. This is not unlike how mattress, paint, and carpet disposal is currently regulated within California. Slattery et al.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2025

Received May 12, 2021, issued Jan. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Received April 16, Issued Jan. PA Bulletin, page 1161 ) -- Core5 Industrial Partners - Warehouse: DEP issued a Chapter 105 permit for a warehouse and related facilities impacting Pocono Creek (High Quality) located in Pocono Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2024

million to ensure conventional well compliance with state environmental laws and regulations. Note: DEP’s Oil and Gas Program regulates 88,516 active conventional oil and gas wells, but a total of 191,442 permits are held by owners, along with some of the related gas infrastructure.

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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

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

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. Disposal of waste without approval from DEP is unlawful conduct under the Solid Waste Management Act, Act of July 7, 1980, P.L.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2023

Elder Vogel (R-Beaver) at the March 22 Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on DEP’s budget request , the Department of Environmental Protection said it is projecting a $1,581,000 deficit in funding for the Oil and Gas Regulation Program. The claims that Pennsylvania has the toughest oil and gas regulations in the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – September 27, 2021. Even though Walton sowed his 2021 crops of corn and soybean during the driest spring planting conditions state meteorologists ever recorded in Michigan, his fall harvest looks to be strong, maybe one of the best in years. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

Residual Waste General Permit WMGR163 , mandated by the General Assembly, allows “temporary” oil and gas liquid waste processing, storage and transfer facilities for unconventional oil and gas operations to “pop-up” within 300 feet of dwellings with no advanced public notice was published in the June 25 PA Bulletin as final.

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