PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2024

DEP’s letter refers to a request for confidentiality filed by Shell on June 22, 2024, so Shell apparently submitted another request for confidentiality after the original request on April 12, 2024. of the Act, your request for confidential treatment may be denied and the records may be subject to public disclosure.” Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

The total civil penalty assessments include $350,000 for air quality violations, which is the maximum civil penalty assessment allowable under the Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act, and $764,000 pursuant to Pennsylvania’s oil and gas and solid waste laws.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2024

During complaint investigations and regular and after-hours odor patrols, from November 2022 through February 2024, there were at least 70 occasions where representatives of the Department detected landfill gas and/or leachate odors offsite and were able to attribute them to Keystone. Posted: April 1, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

facility, now the Shell Petrochemical plant: DEP issued a deficiency letter on February 6, 2024 on the Final Report demonstrating remediation of soil and groundwater contamination met Statewide Health and Site-Specific Standards for the facility located in Potter Township, Beaver County. Greene County. ( Philadelphia. ( Allegheny County. (

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

XTO) [ExxonMobil] and Hilcorp Energy Company (Hilcorp) , agreed to resolve alleged Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act violations involving their oil and gas production operations in Pennsylvania. In separate agreements, XTO Energy Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

. - Tioga Compressor Station: DEP is inviting comments on Air Quality Plan Approval for installation of air pollution control equipment to comply with RACT III requirements for the station located in Farmington Twp., Tioga County. ( PA Bulletin, page 34 ) -- ECC Windsor, Inc. Greene County. ( Armstrong County. (

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Posted: November 3, 2024] PA Environment Digest 4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields [PaEN] -- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Upcoming Events, Programs In November -- PA Resources Council To Hold Nov. 12 [PaEN] -- PA Assn. . -- PA Forestry Assn. 26 to Nov. 26 to Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

DEP said it has the statutory authority in the 1995 law that created the agency, the state Air Pollution Control Act and other laws to establish grant and funding programs to implement the Plan. Pennsylvania’s Climate Action Priority Plan is available online.

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Renewable + Law

DECEMBER 22, 2020

On December 21, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) set forth its plans to amend the state’s clean air rules to adopt Low-Emission Vehicles (LEV) and Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEV) standards, known as the Clean Cars Minnesota rule.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

On September 4, a coalition of clean air advocates announced they have filed a federal lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency demanding stronger rules to reduce hazardous air pollution – including cancer- causing benzene – from steel industry coke [coal] oven plants across the country.

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Capaccio

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

under the Air Pollution Control regulations 310 CMR 7.00. This amendment regulates certain hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in the following end-uses: refrigeration, air conditioning/chillers, aerosol propellants, and foam. 6) unless an exemption is provided for the end-use as listed in 310 CMR 7.76(7).

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Issued on: 09/01/2024 - 17:26 2 min Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. Total’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, was told to pay $39.9

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa Common Dreams PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:46 Friday, January 12, 2024 Read more Brett Wilkins "As Africans, we need to show TotalEnergies the red card," said one climate campaigner. BRETT WILKINS Jan 12, 2024 4 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

On August 14, 2024, CNX Resources released a report titled “ Initial Results are in: Radical Public-Private Collaboration Demonstrating CNX Natural Gas Development Poses No Public Health Risks.” At the end of August 2024, there were 13,098 active shale gas wells in the state on 3,360 well pads, with an average of 50 wells added each month.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., million in 2013. Total to pay $2.9

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

Several provisions – a few of which are directly available to local governments – can additionally help address local air pollution and other inequitable impacts to vulnerable communities. All amounts are to be made available within 180 days and remain available until September 30, 2024. Second, $11.97

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

EPA’s final rule leverages the latest cost-effective, innovative technologies and proven solutions to prevent an estimated 58 million tons of methane emissions from 2024 to 2038, the equivalent of 1.5 On December 2, the U.S. billion metric tons of carbon dioxide – nearly as much as all the carbon dioxide emitted by the power sector in 2021.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison Radio Free Asia PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:44 Thursday, January 11, 2024 Read more Nguyen Van Hoa was arrested in 2017 following massive demonstrations against a Taiwan-owned steel plant. By RFA Vietnamese 2024.01.11 billion complex in St. James, Louisiana.

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Robert B. The Commonwealth Court then entered a preliminary injunction enjoining the RGGI regulation, holding that the regulation’s auction of emissions allowances was a tax not legislatively authorized under the Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act. McKinstry, Jr. and John C.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The petitioners argue in detail-- “Establishing setback requirements as outlined in this Petition would constitute a valid exercise of the EQB’s authority granted by the Oil and Gas Act, the Air Pollution Control Act, and the Clean Streams Law, discussed in this in turn.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

Posted: May 26, 2024] PA Environment Digest Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $34 Million In Grants To Reduce Air Pollution At Schools; Highlights Efforts In Philadelphia [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $18.9 Million To 126 Municipalities To Support Local Recycling Programs [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

Here are 128 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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