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Shell Falcon Pipeline LP Pleads No Contest To Criminal Charges For Violating The State Clean Streams Law In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties; Will Pay $300,000 In Penalties

PA Environment Daily

On October 2024, the Clean Air Council and the Environment Integrity Project filed a notice of intent to sue the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County for emitting particulate matter (PM 2.5) and nitrogen oxides in violation of the federal Clean Air Act, the state Air Pollution Control Act and the plant's permit.

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DEP: Southwestern Energy Prod Co. Failed To Comply With Act 2 Cleanup Standards At The Greenzweig Shale Gas Wastewater Impoundment In Bradford County After 5 Years

PA Environment Daily

Southwestern Energy was using the Act 2 Land Recycling Program to document the cleanup of the release and submitted a Final Report on November 6, 2024 that said it met the Act 2 cleanup standards. 11 DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meeting On Radical Transparency [PaEN] -- DEP: Southwestern Energy Prod Co.

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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.3.24

PA Environment Daily

1 - No Attempt To Contain, Cleanup Injection Well Spill; Gas Storage Area Well Release; More Abandoned Conventional Wells [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: As Fracking Turns 20 In Pennsylvania, Towns Consider New Regulations For Distance Between Homes And Well Pads [Cecil Twp., 26 to Nov. 26 to Nov.

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What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: DEP Signs Consent Order With Roulette Oil & Gas To Plug Shale Gas Well Abandoned For 8 Years In Hebron Twp., Potter County

PA Environment Daily

On August 23, 2023, Roulette applied to extend inactive status and was sent a final denial of that request on February 14, 2024 by DEP. DEP inspected the Guardian well at least four times in 2024-- January 8, April 17, July 29 and November 21 and continued well abandonment violations. Read more here.

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DEP Issues $1.1 Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Gas From The Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area In Cambria County

PA Environment Daily

for air quality, waste, and oil and gas violations related to the uncontrolled gas release from Equitrans’ Rager Mountain natural gas storage field and George L Reade 1 storage well in November 2022. billion cubic feet of gas was released at the facility in uncontrolled venting. Read more here. Read more here.

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No Decision Posted Yet From DEP On Whether Flare Gas Chemical Makeup, Volume At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Is Confidential Business Information

PA Environment Daily

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 Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Paul O. Swartz - From Photojournalist To Susquehanna River Basin Commission

PA Environment Daily

Following his service with DER, Paul worked as a Field Representative for the Joint Air & Water Pollution Control Conservation Committee (JLCC) for the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1981/1982. (In Kober [PaEN] [Posted: December 31, 2024] PA Environment Digest In 1969 Ralph W. By Wayne W.