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.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

A variety of studies have documented that radioactivity is brought to the surface with natural gas and oil production and travels through natural gas pipelines, oil refining systems, natural gas processing and liquid and solid waste disposal and treatment facilities. Haley, M.D., Why Does It Matter?

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued a record 5,653 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, with two months left in the year, according to DEP’s November 3, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. The weekly reports posted during 2023 are below. That’s 25% more than in 2021. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

In an April 2023 DEP determination of whether natural gas 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. Read more here. See Paragraph 71 in appeal.] Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The conference will feature sessions on health studies, radiation and waste, water resources and contamination, plastics and hydrogen, and community outreach. Registration information will be provided soon.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

Those high temperatures are part of a global period of extraordinarily warm temperatures—2023 was the hottest year on record, and global temperatures have continued to run about 1°C (nearly 2°F) above the historical average so far this year. It’s likely that the Texas heat wave contributed to the wildfire outbreak.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2024

On June 10, the Department of Environmental Protection told the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee the Shapiro Administration supports legislation banning the practice of road dumping oil and gas wastewater and prohibiting its consideration as a coproduct under Residual Waste Regulations.

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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% more than in 2022 and 569.9% more than in 2015. Read more here. Just one conventional operator-- John B.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

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. The study noted landfills must test leachate for radioactive radium and other markers of oil and gas waste, but wastewater plants don’t. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

On April 7, 2023 , DEP posted an inspection report to document that it had requested Greylock to provide the pre-drill survey it had conducted prior to drilling the wells in 2011, along with all the water sample results associated with the site. [ No evidence of spills, stressed vegetation, or recent earth disturbance were observed.”

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

So far in 2023, DEP issued Repsol Oil and Gas 53 notices of violations at more than a dozen shale gas well pads, including several on DCNR State Forest drilling sites. The inspection reports note these violations at this location for these two wells have continued since they were first discovered on May 23, 2017.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

On April 5, township supervisors, concerned residents, and advocacy organizations submitted a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection calling on the agency to conduct a proper Public Participation Process for an oil and gas waste injection disposal well in Potter County.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 24, 2023

Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Nominations For 2023 Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Awards Reminder! Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: July 24, 2023] PA Environment Digest 8-10 Registration Open! PA Statewide Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. 24-26 In Altoona PA Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

formal notice ) The projects are intended to be scheduled for Commission action at its next business meeting, tentatively scheduled for September 14, 2023 The shale gas development-related projects include-- -- Project Sponsor and Facility: BKV Operating, LLC (East Branch Wyalusing Creek), Jessup Township, Susquehanna County , PA.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for information on reviewing the permit and instructions on submitting comments. ( 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan. 14-17, Including Duquesne Light, West Penn Power, Penn Power [PaEN] [Posted: January 12, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

The site is located on a 11-acres parcel with one partially demolished, collapsed, and fire-damaged building, abandoned waste including miscellaneous scrap, large numbers of tanks, totes, and drums in various stages of degradation, and bags of powder coating materials. Public comments will be accepted until November 10, 2023.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Let’s start with 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). At the time they were adopted, the primary focus was on preventing the discharge of waste materials into the ocean.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Because it's an oil and gas waste, nobody's required to carry these safety data sheets. So if somebody happened to have driven through a pool of this radiated de-icing stuff, you necessarily didn't have to have driven through this, it's now on your car. They're not even required to tell you. Kids put everything in their mouth.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2024

Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In Cambria County DEP Issued Air Quality Permit For Leachate Evaporation System At Westmoreland Landfill With Special Radiation Monitoring Due To The Disposal Of Shale Gas Drilling Waste DEP Sets Feb. 22 DEP Awards $39.6 16; Snowmobile/ATV Grants Feb. 22 DEP Awards $39.6 16; Snowmobile/ATV Grants Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In May 2023, there was a fire and explosion at the site that led to increased concern about the potential release of contamination. The shale gas industry also shipped over 138,000 cubic feet of TENORM waste to secure low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities in 2022 and over 911,000 cubic feet since 2017.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

Related Articles: -- Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills [PaEN] -- DEP Rejects MarkWest Act 2 Cleanup Notification For 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill At Compressor Station In Robinson Twp., (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 201 ) Groundwater Contamination As recently as December 13, 2023, DEP conducted the latest in a series of inspections at the George Reade 1 well site and found Equitrans still has not resolved ground and surface water pollution issues related to plugging the well. Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. (

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

The results of the study-- Toxicity And Chemical Composition Of Commercial Road Palliatives Versus Oil and Gas Produced Waters -- were published in the Journal Environmental Pollution on July 13, 2023. Operators reported road dumping a total of 3,259,405 gallons of their wastewater from 2018 through 2021. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The EHB opinion says Olympus Energy drilled, fracked and completed the wells between August 22, 2023 and October 13, 2023. On October 20, 2023, Olympus Energy filed a motion to dismiss the appeal as moot. The motion was supported by a memorandum from DEP. Read more here. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

The projects are intended to be scheduled for Commission action at its next business meeting, tentatively scheduled for September 14, 2023 The shale gas development-related projects include-- -- Project Sponsor and Facility: BKV Operating, LLC (East Branch Wyalusing Creek), Jessup Township, Susquehanna County , PA. Lycoming County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

30 to Jan. 27 Hearing On Helix Ironwood Gas-Fired Power Plant Air Quality Permit Renewal, Lebanon County [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Issues Cold Weather Advisory For Western Region Jan. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan. 14-17, Including Duquesne Light, West Penn Power, Penn Power [PaEN] [Posted: January 12, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In Cambria County [PaEN] -- DEP Issued Air Quality Permit For Leachate Evaporation System At Westmoreland Landfill With Special Radiation Monitoring Due To The Disposal Of Shale Gas Drilling Waste [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Feb.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Guest Post by Julieta Juncosa Calahorrano , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. cattle, sheep, goats), food waste, and soil emissions. It loves to absorb infrared radiation, the same kind that heats our planet, and it can absorb this radiation 235 times more efficiently than its friend, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ).

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 7, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 3638 ) Waste Permits -- EQM Gathering OPCO, LLC: DEP invites comments on an application to modify the Preparedness, Prevention and Contingency and Waste Acceptance Plans under General Permit WMGR123 for a waste handling facility located in Jackson Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. ( Greene County. (

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ESA

DECEMBER 5, 2023

After taking the time to finally grab a late lunch I enjoyed some of the scattered artwork around the conference rooms and then headed to my next session which was on the topic of the Global Methane Pledge specifically in relation to methane emissions from the waste sector.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2023

“So in an article I read recently from the New Yorker, it said the DOH [Department of Health] confirmed that this study would look at correlations between illnesses and their proximity to oil and gas infrastructure, but would not directly examine the dangers of radioactive waste. We wanted you to look into radiation, Dr. Levine said, "No." “We

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

in Mercer County who appealed a major permit modification DEP granted to Tri-County Landfill who allegedly misrepresented the types of waste to be accepted at the landfill, including oil and gas waste. In another case, she represents Liberty Township and the Citizens Environmental Association of Slippery Rock Area, Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2024

Notices of violation were also issued for failure to restore the well site and failure to submit production and waste reports for 2020, 2021 and 2022 (Rimeer 4). In 2023, DEP issued more than 64 notices of violation to John B. and found them to be abandoned and not plugged. Allshouse, Jr., PA Bulletin, page 201 ) Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2024

1-31 Grants -- EPA Awards $55.7

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Click Here for CNX violations from 6.25.2020 to 4.23.2024] The CNX report goes to great lengths to discredit the methods and conclusions of the University of Pittsburgh Health and Environment Studies (Pitt Studies), the results of which the Pennsylvania Department of Health presented in August 2023. 27 Released 1.1

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 14, 2024

For example, NASEM has published landmark reports on the health effects of exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation. This was proven by showing the health harms that can be caused by ionizing radiation disproportionately increased among these vulnerable groups after similar exposures in their counterpart peers. 2006 , NCI 1997 ).

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2023

On July 20, 2023, the Marcellus Drilling News reported researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found there was an average 30% discrepancy between what conventional and unconventional oil and gas drilling companies said they sent to landfills and the amount of waste reported received by those landfills in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York.

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