PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

The comment must relate directly to a topic that is listed on the June 13, 2024 meeting agenda for consideration by the board. 10:00 am on June 11, 2024). Individual public comments are limited to 3 minutes. Written comments will be shared with TAB members, but will not be posted to the DEP website.

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E2 Law Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Infrastructure-related challenges require solutions that address a variety of environmental concerns, including wetlands permitting, mitigation and mitigation availability, solid-waste treatment and disposal, and other related issues. Addressing these issues will be at the forefront for various government entities in 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2024

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. RCRA is the principal federal hazardous waste storage and disposal statute. On April 29, Max Environmental Technologies, Inc.

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2024

The Guidelines require the largest Chinese public companies to publish high-quality and standardized SDRs, and are open for public comment until February 29, 2024. All in-scope entities’ (Regulated Entities) SDR shall be published concurrently with the annual report, upon the approval of the board of directors. By Hui Xu , Paul A.

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Ohio Environmental Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

On February 8, 2024, U.S. EPA proposed two new significant regulations that would expand its authority to require cleanup of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The scope of the proposed regulations and the potential facilities affected are discussed below.

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SPR Law

MAY 17, 2024

The public can… The post Proposed Changes to Part 375 Remedial Program Regulations: Implications for Real Estate Developers and their Financing Institutions appeared first on Sive Paget Riesel.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This brings the total general water permits approved by the SRBC in 2024 to 274. The notice said to contact the DEP Northwest Regional Waste Management Program-- Christina Wilhelm-- at: ra-epnwrowasteprog@pa.gov. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Read more here. Schuylkill County. Allegheny County. (

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 15, 2024

On August 14, 2024, the Department of Environmental Protection issued notices of violation to 16 owners of 5,374 conventional oil and gas wells for failing to submit annual production, waste generation/disposal and well integrity reports over multiple years, according to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database. Read more here.

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Nanotech

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on February 1, 2024, two proposed rules that will add to its comprehensive approach to tackling per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution and the commercial bottom line for hundreds of businesses facing costs for cleanup.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2024

DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on May 14 to hear presentations on electronic waste, food processing residuals and review air quality regulations. Larry Holley, DEP’s Director of the Bureau of Waste Management, and High Garst from the Policy Office will do a presentation on food processing residuals.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

On March 20, the Clean Air Council , Moms Clean Air Force and Earthworks will host a webinar on federal waste emission charges to be assessed on the oil and gas industry from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed its Waste Emissions Charge for oil and gas operators as required by federal law.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

by Eleanor Putnam-Farr, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University Boulder, Colorado, passed stricter regulations against plastic bags at the beginning of 2024, banning them from all retail stores.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Received October 10, Issued October 24, 2024. ( PA Bulletin, page 7526 ) PA Bulletin - November 16, 2024 Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 60 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the November 16 PA Bulletin - pages 7475 to 7535. Click Here to sign up.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Governments across the United States are for the first time regulating greenhouse gas emissions. This entirely new and emergent body of law in response to climate change is bursting onto the scene in 2024 and businesses are beginning to monetize it as a new revenue stream.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 7440 ) Grants -- DEP published notice in the November 9 PA Bulletin announcing the award of a $75,000 Act 101 Municipal Waste Planning Grant to Perry County Meetings November 20-- DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This brings the total general water permits approved by the SRBC in 2024 to 212. The approvals were granted under SRBC regulation 18 CFR 806.22(e) SRBC has so far issued a total of 23 approvals for shale gas development water withdrawals from specific sources in 2024. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Here are the details-- On September 25 - 26, 2024 , DEP inspected three shale gas wells owned by Diversified Prod LLC in Fayette and Westmoreland counties in response to requests for well transfers to Big Dog Energy and found two wells continue to be abandoned and not plugged the third with other violations. DEP inspection report.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2024

DEP’s program that regulates conventional oil and gas and shale gas wells and their infrastructure is funded almost entirely by permit application fees. DEP received 128 shale gas permits in the first 16 weeks of 2024. million annual cost of regulating their industry-- typically about $46,100 in permit fees in a “good” year.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This brings the total general water permits approved by the SRBC in 2024 to 232. The approvals were granted under SRBC regulation 18 CFR 806.22(e) SRBC has so far issued a total of 23 approvals for shale gas development water withdrawals from specific sources in 2024. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2024

Katie Muth (D-Montgomery) and Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania will join author Justin Nobel and several environmental advocacy groups and impacted residents at a press conference today at 2:30 to discuss hazardous waste and worker safety in Pennsylvania. Click Here for more information.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 25 PA Bulletin inviting comments on the renewal of the waste transfer facility permit for five oil and gas wastewater injection wells owned by Bear Lake Properties, LLC in Columbus Township, Warren County. ( Read more here.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 21, 2023

Read the full story at Waste Dive. The city’s Department of Sanitation, which was already ramping up a voluntary curbside organics program, must now enforce participation in 2024 after Mayor Eric Adams allowed a bill to become law.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Last week the Department of Environmental Protection issued violations to seven shale gas well drillers for failure to submit monthly waste generation, disposal and gas production reports-- one for the last three years. The report(s) have not been submitted to DEP as of October 3, 2024. The companies include Baker Gas, Inc.,

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 4548 ) --Berks County Municipal Solid Waste Management Plan: DEP approved the Act 101 county waste plan on July 22, 2024. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Greene County. ( Washington County. ( Clearfield County. ( All through its eNotice system. Click Here to sign up.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 6030 ) -- DEP published notice in the September 21 PA Bulletin inviting comments on the proposed 2024 Annual Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan. This brings the total general water permits approved by the SRBC in 2024 to 212. DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Bucks County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2024

. -- The Delaware River Basin Commission published notice in the July 20 PA Bulletin of final changes to its rules of practice and procedure regulations. -- The Governor’s Office published notice in the July 20 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of an updated agency by agency Regulatory Agenda of regulations in development.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This brings the total general water permits approved by the SRBC in 2024 to 232. Note Exceptional Value Wetlands conditions.] ( PA Bulletin, page 6743 ) -- Mostoller Landfill: DEP invites comments on renewal of a solid waste permit for the landfill located in Somerset and Brothersvalley Townships, Somerset County. (

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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. Montgomery County.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Plans -- DEP published notice in the November 2 PA Bulletin announcing it has approved the South Central Counties Solid Waste Agency Waste Plan for Bedford, Fulton and Huntingdon counties. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? All through its eNotice system. Click Here to sign up.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Permits -- Keystone-Conemaugh Generating Station Coal Ash Disposal Site : DEP invites comments on the renewal of a Residual Waste Landfill Permit for the coal ash disposal site located in West Wheatfield Twp., Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Indiana County. ( College Avenue in Philadelphia. (

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2024

This plan makes changes to the June 15, 2024 DEP organizational chart. Bids/Proposals -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 17 PA Bulletin announcing Butler County is now accepting proposals for additional waste disposal, processing capacity for municipal waste generated in the county.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Pearce , and Guy Jack Mathews The Resource Conversation and Recovery Act (RCRA) mandates a two-part “corrective action” regime: Permits for any “solid waste management unit” (SWMU) at a “treatment, storage or disposal facility” (TSDF) must require “corrective action” for all releases of “hazardous waste” or “hazardous constituents,” “regardless of (..)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Permits -- FirstLight Allegheny Hydro LLC - Allegheny 8 Hydroelectric Facility: DEP invites comments on an NPDES Water Quality Permit Application for a new discharge of treated industrial waste into the Allegheny River in Washington Twp., Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Armstrong County. (

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2024

From March 25 to March 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is hosting a public hearing on the December 2023 proposed regulations governing implementation of the Section 45V Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen. Presented via telephone during the March 27, 2024, public hearing for Docket ID No. REG-117631-23.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Penn State Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program is hosting a two-part Food Manufacturing Pollution Prevention Training Series-- -- October 24 - Webinar: Building A Regional Coalition For Reducing Waste In The Food Industry, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Posted: October 22, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service regulations implementing the federal Endangered Species Act, evolving protections for the tricolored bat and northern long-eared bat, and potential policy implications of the 2024 election. Posted: October 28, 2024] PA Environment Digest Click Here to register and for more information.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Waste-to-energy resource circularity – CAAS will work with stakeholders to determine if Changi Airport can accommodate an on-site waste-to-energy facility. This facility would turn waste into feedstock to generate electricity or biofuel for use within the airport. Available at: [link]

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