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PA Bulletin, page 3830 ) Read more here. -- The Department of EnvironmentalProtection posted a note on its Shell Petrochemical Plant webpage that on July 2 DEP determined the Title V Air Quality Permit Application submitted by Shell for its Beaver County plant is administratively complete and the application was posted on DEP's website. . -
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