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Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Compliance With 2022 DEP Methane Reduction Regulation Put On Hold Pending Outcome Of Litigation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2025

On January 28, the Department of Environmental Protection said compliance with a 2022 state Air Quality regulation to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas facilities was put on hold for the conventional oil and gas industry as a result of an agreement to stay a legal challenge to the regulations in Commonwealth Court.

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DEP Issues Abandoned Well Violation To Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well With Nearly Full Storage Tanks, Expired EPA Permit In Venango County

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2024

During a routine inspection on November 27, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a violation to Stonehaven Energy MGT Co. The Latshaw 9 conventional well was first issued a permit as a waste injection well by DEP on June 10, 2014 and by the US Environmental Protection Agency on June 28, 2016.

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Stronghold Digital Mining, DEP, Environmental Groups Settle Appeal, Require Removal Of Unpermitted Scrubgrass Power Plant's Coal Ash Pile 14 Months Faster In Venango County

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

Flagged as a permit violation DEP site inspection in 2022 , the coal ash pile had surpassed the approved size, enveloping parts of the surrounding area. The size of the toxic ash pile at the Scrubgrass cryptomining facility had turned waste coal into an even riskier form of pollution, said Patrick McDonnell, President and CEO of PennFuture.

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 15 to 21 - 42 More Conventional, 7 More Shale Gas Abandoned Wells; Mine Subsidence Under Compressor Station; Conventional Gas Well Explosion; 2 Shale Gas Companies Fail To Report Shale Gas Waste Generation, Production In 12 Counties

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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Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Million Highlight Big Shale Gas, Related Petrochemical Industry Compliance History In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

On March 14, the Attorney General opened another investigation into Energy Transfer/Sunoco into potential environmental crimes related to the Energy Transfer/Sunoco pipeline that leaked petroleum into household wells in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County. Environmental Protection Agency. Read more here.]

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The Stream, January 20, 2022: East Africans Will Get Millions in Aid For Flood and Drought Relief

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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.

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Fertilizer from Sewage, a Utility Money Maker, Faces Uncertain Future

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JANUARY 15, 2025

Photo Brett Walton/Circle of Blue By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue January 15, 2025 MILWAUKEE Mounting concern about chemical contaminants in sewage sludge, a waste product widely seen as recyclable and economically valuable, could turn into a costly liability and upend the finances of municipal wastewater utilities across the county.

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DEP Posted 77 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 26 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 3071 ) -- The Game Commission published notice in the April 26 PA Bulletin making changes to areas designed for the management of chronic wasting disease. Meetings April 29-- CANCELED. Bucks County. ( Bucks County. (

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Better Path Coalition: DEP Removes Co-Product Category From Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Reporting Database; Well Owners Continue To Fail To Report How They Dispose Of Their Waste

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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DEP: Wastes Generated By The New Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program Will NOT Be Exempt From Hazardous Waste Regulations, Unlike Wastes From Active Wells

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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EPA Issues Consent Order To MAX Environmental Technologies To Ensure Compliance With Hazardous Waste Rules At Westmoreland County Facility

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2024

On April 29, Max Environmental Technologies, Inc. has agreed to a consent order that includes several actions to ensure compliance with federal and state hazardous waste safeguards at the company’s waste facility in Yukon, Westmoreland County, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced.

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DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Tried 813 Times To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them; Failed To Report Waste Generated 836 Times Over 2 Years

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.] barrels or 0.41

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TODAY, March 6 DEP Is Hosting Online Video Meeting On Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection is hosting a video meeting Monday, March 6 starting at 6:00 p.m. on a proposed oil and gas waste injection well at 1140 Route 44 South, Shinglehouse, Clara Township, Potter County, proposed by Roulette Oil & Gas LLC. The public is invited to attend this online meeting.

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Evangelical Environmental Network: EPA Proposes Waste Charge On Methane Leaking From Large Oil & Gas Facilities

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposal for a methane waste charge on large sources of oil and gas methane pollution. The proposed methane waste charge is part of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program authorized by Congress through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. On January 12, the U.S.

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DEP, Agriculture, DCNR Release Pennsylvania’s 2022 Chesapeake Bay Annual Progress Report

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2023

The departments of Environmental Protection, Agriculture and Conservation and Natural Resources have released Pennsylvania's Healthy Waters Health Communities 2022 Chesapeake Bay Progress Report. In 2022, our farmers implemented conservation practices including no-till farming and cover crops on more than 1.5

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

September 13, 2022 . The tide of waste was generated by animals from 132 CAFOs in Indiana and Ohio. A report published in March 2022 by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy concluded that BMPs in the River Raisin showed “little to no progress” in reducing nutrient flows to Lake Erie. Photographs by J.

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Guest Essay: Turning The Tide On The Chesapeake Bay - Giving Thanks For Pennsylvania's Progress And A New Opportunity for Leadership

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Established in 2022, the Clean Streams Fund tackles ways to improve our waters from some agricultural activities, acid mine drainage, and urban/suburban stormwater runoff while encouraging innovative clean water programs. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and all other Executive Council members must be there as well.

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The Stream, April 27, 2022: How a Rural Nebraskan Town Is Moving Forward a Year After Toxic Ethanol Plant Closes

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APRIL 27, 2022

What’s Up With Water—April 26, 2022 – This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers paying for groundwater in California and a controversial canal project in Nebraska. The ethanol plant AltEn had been producing massive amounts of toxic waste for years before it was shut down. This Week’s Top Water Stories, Told In Numbers.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

Marine CDR Governance under the London Convention and Protocol Two key international laws applicable to certain forms of marine CDR are the 1972 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) and the 1996 Protocol to the Convention (London Protocol).

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DEP Collects $62,475 Penalty From Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill Under Agreement To Correct Violations, Improve Environmental Protections At The Facility

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On November 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it collected $62,475 from Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, LLC to address violations of Pennsylvania’s Solid Waste Management Act and Clean Streams Law.

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Guest Essay: Oil & Gas Industry Waste And Radioactive Drinking Water In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2024

By Justin Nobel, Author of Petroleum-238: Big Oil's Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It Since the fracking boom began in the early 2000s, oilfield waste has been spilled, spread, injected, dumped, and freely emitted across America, with particularly worrisome problems in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvanians deserve this.

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Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

By Justin Nobel This guest essay first appeared on I nquirer.com on September 16, 2022. Here in Pennsylvania, a landfill applying for a permit with the state’s Department of Environmental Protection to evaporate liquid landfill runoff — called leachate — could create airborne radioactive material over people downwind.

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DEP Advises 18 Municipalities Where Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Occurring The Practice Is Illegal And Considered Waste Disposal

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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DEP Issues One Conventional Well Owner 36 Violations For Abandoning Their Conventional Wells; 7 More Violations Issued To Shale Gas Drillers For Abandoning Wells

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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Governor’s Regulatory Agenda: DEP To Propose Annual Permit Fee For Unconventional Shale Gas Operations; Updated Waste, Other Regulations Covering Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Coming

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2023

On July 22, the Governor’s Office published an update to the Regulatory Agenda of regulations in development that included a new annual permit fee for unconventional shale gas operations and a schedule for the release of updated waste and other environmental standards for conventional oil and gas drilling. Read more here. [

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DEP To Use General Permit To Implement New Federal Oil & Gas Facility Methane Reduction Regulation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

During an April 1 webinar, the Department of Environmental Protection said it would be using a new General Air Quality Permit to implement the new federal oil and gas facility methane reduction requirements. The regulations were adopted to comply with US Environmental Protection Agency requirements then in effect.

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DEP Posted 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 13 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2024

Act 14 requires applicants to submit notices to municipalities and counties for air quality, water obstruction (Chapter 105), any permit issued under the Cleans Streams Law (including Chapter 102, stormwater, NPDES, many more), any solid waste and hazardous waste, land recycling and water allocation permits. Read more here.

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DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 12 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 2753 ) -- Liberty Soils, LLC - Biosolids Management Facility: DEP invites comments on a Waste Permit to increase maximum daily tonnage from 300 to 500 tons/day at the facility located in Reilly Twp., 22, 2022, Issued March 28, 2025. ( Cumberland County. ( Schuylkill County. Received Nov.

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DEP Bans Sale Of Eyoyo Electronics Products For Violating PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Law Broken

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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DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal

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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Federal Water Tap, August 1: EPA Shows Interest in Fireworks Contamination of Drinking Water Sources

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AUGUST 1, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency is offering a $2.5 One grant will be awarded and applications are due September 14, 2022. Power’s appearance in India is part of a world tour focusing on food security. On the Radar. Fireworks and Drinking Water Contamination. There are no national drinking water standards for perchlorate.

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Attorney General Henry Files Charges Against Shell Falcon Pipeline For Failure To Report Drilling Issues That Caused Industrial Waste, Potential for Water Pollution

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2024

In October 2022, DEP assessed a $670,000 against Shell Pipeline Company, LP and its contractor Minnesota Limited LLL for violations of its permit and other laws and regulations that occurred in 2019 and 2020 during pipeline construction. [In The case will be prosecuted by the Office of Attorney General’s Environmental Crimes Section.

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Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Lead author Adam Gold , a watershed researcher for the Environmental Defense Fund, said the wild uncertainty is because the court arbitrarily created a new standard for federal protection divorced from the science of how wetlands support larger streams, rivers, lakes and the ocean.

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Alberta’s New Committee on Tar Sands Tailings is Too Little, Too Late

Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

trillion litres of toxic industrial waste to accumulate for over five decades, but now wants us to believe a steering committee with no decision-making power can resolve the issue. Environmental protection laws must be enforced in response to incidents like last year’s major spill and leak from Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine.

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Environmental Health Project: Public Health Impacts Of Blue Hydrogen Production, Health, Environmental Protections Needed

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2022

Additionally, operators are challenged to find proper ways to store or dispose of waste, which typically contains hazardous chemicals and often radioactive substances. Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN] [Posted: August 5, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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DEP: Nearly 7 Year Struggle Continues To Cleanup Multiple Conventional Oil Well Spills At Site In Economy Borough, Beaver County

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

Benko also failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Surface coal mine operators were in the same position before a comprehensive framework of financial assurance and modern environmental protection standards were adopted in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Other violations continued.

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DEP Report Finds: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Routinely Abandon Wells; Fail To Report How Millions Of Gallons Of Waste Is Disposed; And Non-Compliance Is An ‘Acceptable Norm’

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Five other violations involved illegal disposal or handling of liquid or solid waste. Read more here.] [ Note: The new federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law well plugging program provided DEP with funding to plug 277 conventional oil and gas wells in 2022-23. Read more here.

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House Committee To Hold Oct. 30 Hearing On State’s Electronics Waste Recycling Law; Current Program Is Broken

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.

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DEP Posts 66 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 4 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

4 [PaEN] -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 4 PA Bulletin announcing the opening of the application period for reimbursements under the Host Municipality Waste Facility Inspectors Program for calendar year 2022. . -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan.

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Clean Air Council Appeals Waste Permit Exemption For Plastics Processing Facility In Northumberland County

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Encina Point Township facility , planned to be sited next to the Susquehanna River, would be exempt from the requirement to apply for a waste processing facility permit under the state Solid Waste Management Act. According to the company, the facility would process up to 450,000 tons of waste a year.

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PA Enviro Groups File Appeal For Removal Of Coal Ash 'Mountain’ At Stronghold Digital Mining Scrubgrass Cryptocurrency Power Facility In Venango County

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2023

On December 21, Earthjustice , on behalf of Scrubgrass Creek Watershed Association and PennFuture , announced they have filed an appeal with the Environmental Hearing Board to overturn or modify DEPs decision to allow the Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. uses waste coal to fuel its operations, which results in large quantities of coal ash.

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CERCLA Has Never Been a “Polluter Pays” Statute

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In the 1970s, as concerns about hazardous waste management were growing, several responsible companies asked what is now the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection what they should do with their waste. My favorite example remains the Cannons Engineering Corporation sites. I think not.

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DEP OKs Coal Ash Use For Structural Fill To Build Data Mining Operation At Coal Waste-Fired Scrubgrass Power Plant In Venango County

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 26 PA Bulletin it has approved the use of coal ash for structural fill to provide a support area for a data mining operation at the coal waste-fired Scrubgrass power plant in Kennerdell, Venango County. (

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DEP Urges Residents To Recycle Household Goods, Clothing Which Make Up 10% Of Municipal Waste Stream; Launches Circular Merchant Platform App

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2022

On October 24, the Department of Environmental Protection and guests reminded Pennsylvania residents that recycling unwanted, gently used items commonly found in households, such as furniture and clothing, is an effective strategy to curb pollution. Posted: October 24, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Compliance With 2022 DEP Methane Reduction Regulation Put On Hold Pending Outcome Of Litigation

DEP Issues Abandoned Well Violation To Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well With Nearly Full Storage Tanks, Expired EPA Permit In Venango County

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Stronghold Digital Mining, DEP, Environmental Groups Settle Appeal, Require Removal Of Unpermitted Scrubgrass Power Plant's Coal Ash Pile 14 Months Faster In Venango County

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 15 to 21 - 42 More Conventional, 7 More Shale Gas Abandoned Wells; Mine Subsidence Under Compressor Station; Conventional Gas Well Explosion; 2 Shale Gas Companies Fail To Report Shale Gas Waste Generation, Production In 12 Counties

Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Million Highlight Big Shale Gas, Related Petrochemical Industry Compliance History In Pennsylvania

The Stream, January 20, 2022: East Africans Will Get Millions in Aid For Flood and Drought Relief

Fertilizer from Sewage, a Utility Money Maker, Faces Uncertain Future

DEP Posted 77 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 26 PA Bulletin

Better Path Coalition: DEP Removes Co-Product Category From Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Reporting Database; Well Owners Continue To Fail To Report How They Dispose Of Their Waste

DEP: Wastes Generated By The New Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program Will NOT Be Exempt From Hazardous Waste Regulations, Unlike Wastes From Active Wells

EPA Issues Consent Order To MAX Environmental Technologies To Ensure Compliance With Hazardous Waste Rules At Westmoreland County Facility

DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Tried 813 Times To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them; Failed To Report Waste Generated 836 Times Over 2 Years

TODAY, March 6 DEP Is Hosting Online Video Meeting On Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County

Evangelical Environmental Network: EPA Proposes Waste Charge On Methane Leaking From Large Oil & Gas Facilities

DEP, Agriculture, DCNR Release Pennsylvania’s 2022 Chesapeake Bay Annual Progress Report

Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

Guest Essay: Turning The Tide On The Chesapeake Bay - Giving Thanks For Pennsylvania's Progress And A New Opportunity for Leadership

The Stream, April 27, 2022: How a Rural Nebraskan Town Is Moving Forward a Year After Toxic Ethanol Plant Closes

Upcoming Developments in International Governance of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

DEP Collects $62,475 Penalty From Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill Under Agreement To Correct Violations, Improve Environmental Protections At The Facility

Guest Essay: Oil & Gas Industry Waste And Radioactive Drinking Water In Pennsylvania

Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste

DEP Advises 18 Municipalities Where Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Occurring The Practice Is Illegal And Considered Waste Disposal

DEP Issues One Conventional Well Owner 36 Violations For Abandoning Their Conventional Wells; 7 More Violations Issued To Shale Gas Drillers For Abandoning Wells

Governor’s Regulatory Agenda: DEP To Propose Annual Permit Fee For Unconventional Shale Gas Operations; Updated Waste, Other Regulations Covering Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Coming

DEP To Use General Permit To Implement New Federal Oil & Gas Facility Methane Reduction Regulation

DEP Posted 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 13 PA Bulletin

DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 12 PA Bulletin

DEP Bans Sale Of Eyoyo Electronics Products For Violating PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Law Broken

DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal

Federal Water Tap, August 1: EPA Shows Interest in Fireworks Contamination of Drinking Water Sources

Attorney General Henry Files Charges Against Shell Falcon Pipeline For Failure To Report Drilling Issues That Caused Industrial Waste, Potential for Water Pollution

Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery

Alberta’s New Committee on Tar Sands Tailings is Too Little, Too Late

Environmental Health Project: Public Health Impacts Of Blue Hydrogen Production, Health, Environmental Protections Needed

DEP: Nearly 7 Year Struggle Continues To Cleanup Multiple Conventional Oil Well Spills At Site In Economy Borough, Beaver County

DEP Report Finds: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Routinely Abandon Wells; Fail To Report How Millions Of Gallons Of Waste Is Disposed; And Non-Compliance Is An ‘Acceptable Norm’

House Committee To Hold Oct. 30 Hearing On State’s Electronics Waste Recycling Law; Current Program Is Broken

DEP Posts 66 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 4 PA Bulletin

Clean Air Council Appeals Waste Permit Exemption For Plastics Processing Facility In Northumberland County

PA Enviro Groups File Appeal For Removal Of Coal Ash 'Mountain’ At Stronghold Digital Mining Scrubgrass Cryptocurrency Power Facility In Venango County

CERCLA Has Never Been a “Polluter Pays” Statute

DEP OKs Coal Ash Use For Structural Fill To Build Data Mining Operation At Coal Waste-Fired Scrubgrass Power Plant In Venango County

DEP Urges Residents To Recycle Household Goods, Clothing Which Make Up 10% Of Municipal Waste Stream; Launches Circular Merchant Platform App

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