PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2025

DEP inspections include both scheduled and unscheduled on-site visits to permitted facilities, as well as document reviews to verify compliance with environmental laws and regulations. Posted: January 7, 2025] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2024

On October 7, the Ohio River Valley Institute released the results of a new poll which found 90% of Pennsylvania voters support stricter regulations on the fracking industry, according to the poll conducted by Upswing Research for the Ohio River Valley Institute. Click Here for poll results narrative. Click Here for presentation slides.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 26 to Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

The mission of ClearWater Conservancy is to conserve and restore natural resources through land conservation, water resource stewardship, and environmental outreach across Central Pennsylvania. Click Here to register and for more information. Registration is open until April 4.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2025

Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction [January 2025] -- Part II - Health Impacts: State Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Final guidance on the federal program was just issued on January 15, 2025. So far in 2025, DEP issued 96 violations to 36 conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning their wells. In 2023, DEP issued 512 violations to conventional well owners for abandonment. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

This work started in the spring of 2018 with grant funding from the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) as the Alliance sought to offer flexible, comprehensive reforestation support that would help fill gaps in existing programs. Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2024

formal notice ) The hearing agenda also includes accepting comments on the proposed 2025 fee schedule. The Susquehanna River Basin Commission is scheduled to hold a hearing October 30 on water withdrawal requests, including four supporting shale gas development in Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

By incentivizing the occupation of land, ownership by force, and exploitation of natural resources, the state and federal governments promoted the violent dispossession and genocide of Native Americans from the land. They can, however, once they have enacted an emergency regulation that sets a minimum flow in the river.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

. – $62,000 to conduct Delaware Riverfest 2025 events to educate the public about coastal recreation, historic sites, and public access. Greene County [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Dec. Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Feb. 12 (In-Person), Dec.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Iowa Department of Natural Resources considered over half of Iowas lakes, reservoirs, rivers and streams impaired. The lax state regulations allow CAFOs to dump phosphorus into waterways, resulting in water quality issues such as cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Champlain.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2025

The partners filing this appeal believe that, in granting a preliminary permit, FERC acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner, did not exercise reasoned decision making, and acted contrary to proper interpretations of FERCs own regulations and applicable legal precedent, the Federal Power Act.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Our natural resources, including trees, are critical infrastructure,” Executive Director Heather Manzo said. The services provided by these trees will carry downstream and contribute to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s goal of planting 95,000 acres of forested buffers by 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

On February 21, the Delaware River Basin Commission released its 2025 State of the Basin report , which provides an overview of the health of the water resources and key species of the Delaware River Basin, along with factors impacting the Basin including water pollution and climate change. "I Click Here for a copy of the report.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The two bureaus stated their focus for fiscal year (FY) 2022 would be on the development of regulations to address the IIJA requirement; accordingly, both BOEM and BSEE have budgeted funds for FY 2023 to develop such a framework.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2023

On its tentative agenda is consideration of its FY 2025 budget, a climate change resolution and water withdrawal requests, including eight shale gas drilling operations-- 1 in Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Frederick St., All through its eNotice system.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

formal notice ) May 22-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. Click Here for options to attend this meeting remotely. Contact: Jake Newton at (717) 783-3349 or janewton@pa.gov. Read more here on the agenda.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2025

Background The Pennsylvania Water Trail Program is administered by PEC in partnership with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Fish and Boat Commission, and the National Parks Service and serves to promote and maintain the Pennsylvania Water Trails Program's network of creeks and rivers.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Of Agriculture Invests Over $6.7

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

PEC was awarded a total of $60,000 from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources through their Community Conservation Partnership Program to administer the 2024-2025 Pocono Forests and Waters Conservation Landscape Mini Grant Program. The deadline to apply is April 29. Visit PEC’s Audio Room for the latest podcasts.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2022

If approved, the PFBC authorization system will be phased in with only a simple notice of the stocking activity to the PFBC being required until 2025. You should support these proposed regulation changes if you value the future of our wild native fish species.”

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2024

These shortfalls have harmed the public, the regulated community, and the environment. If Pennsylvania truly wants to compete, and if it wants the DEP to best serve the citizens and regulated community, it needs to properly support the agency. Visit PEC’s Audio Room for the latest podcasts.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2024

We work closely with the invasive species coordinator at PFBC [Fish & Boat Commission] and the DCNR [Department of Conservation and Natural Resources] staff in the Forest Health Division of Bureau of Forestry. "We State Wildlife Plan "We are in the midst of a SWAP [ State Wildlife Action Plan ] update, due by the end of 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

DRBC Alternate Commissioner and Director of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Water. Click Here to sign up for regulator updates. Kavanagh will take the reins as the fifth executive director in the DRBC’s 63-year history. In addition to Tambini (2014-2024), she succeeds Carol R.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2024

You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day DEP eNotice: The Only Way You’ll Know When Applications Come In To DEP Did you know DEP can send you email notices when permit applications are submitted to DEP in your community?

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

DeFoor released an audit of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources that showed it did not award all Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) grants competitively, instead using its own discretion when awarding some grants despite advertising it as a competitive process. On February 13, Auditor General Timothy L.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2024

(PA Bulletin, page 6332 ) -- CNX Midstream Operating Company - 2 Pipelines: 13-Mile Long 24-Inch Natural Gas, 3.9-Mile You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. 16 In-Person Program In Waynesburg, Greene County On Protecting Public Health, Resources From Shale Gas Development [PaEN] -- Sen.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 31, 2023

BOEM’s 2023 Renewable Energy Modernization Rule: BOEM’s 2023 Renewable Energy Modernization Rule (Proposed Rule) proposes to update and modernize existing regulations governing offshore wind energy development, including those pertaining to existing wind lease terms. The twenty five-year operations term commences from COP approval.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

The first purpose is to maintain a healthful and safe environment in Louisiana through governmental regulation and control over the areas of water quality, air quality, solid and hazardous waste, scenic rivers and streams, and radiation. 30:2025(E). The purpose of the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act is twofold.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

On October 5, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation released its 2022 State of the Blueprint report to assess whether Bay restoration efforts are on track to meet the 2025 deadline. In fact, wastewater treatment upgrades are the key reason Maryland and Virginia, individually, may still meet their 2025 pollution-reduction commitments.??

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2025

This resulted in state laws and regulations for farmers to better manage their cultivation, manure and nutrients. Kober [PaEN] [Posted: January 15, 2025] PA Environment Digest For many years, he advocated for rules that kept the farmers in business and improved the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2024

30 Hearing On The Proposed 2025 Fee Schedule; Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 4 Supporting Shale Gas Development [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 72 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 5 PA Bulletin [PaEN] Related Articles This Week: -- DEP Begins Accepting Grant Applications Oct. Million In Base Grant In 2023] -- Senate Passes Sen.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The DOI’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) is slated to make further revisions to its decommissioning regulations, following other decommissioning amendments made last year as previously reported on The Energy Law Blog. 9598 (Feb. BSEE’s 2024 decommissioning rule would update 30 C.F.R. 250.1403; NTL No.

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Capaccio

APRIL 22, 2024

The SEC defines transition risks as those resulting from regulatory, technological, or market changes; for example, costs resulting from climate-related regulations would need to be disclosed. The earliest proposed date of disclosure is in 2025 when LAFs would have to include climate-related risks in annual reports.

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