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Shell Petrochemical Plant Penalties In May 2023, the Shell Petrochemical Plant served by the pipeline signed a consent order that included over $17 million in penalties to resolve airpollution violations-- over $12.6 million in penalty payments and $5 million in local community environmental restoration funding. Read more here.
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. -- Failure to report mechanical integrity of wells by over 59 percent of conventional well operators means they are not making sure their oil and gas wells are not leaking fluids into groundwater or surface water or naturalgas into the air or operating their wells safely.
The 2009 endangerment finding has played a foundational role in CleanAirAct regulation of GHG emissions from both mobile and stationary sources. motor vehicles contribute to GHG pollution that threatens public health and welfare. It also rests on Supreme Court precedent, Massachusetts v. 7521(a)(1).
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Kober [PaEN] -- Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Update: Industrial Shale Gas Development In Tioga State Forest Prioritizes Industry Profit Over Constitutional Mandate To Preserve, Protect State Forest Land s [PaEN] -- EPA, Justice Dept., Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc.,
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. -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Dec. Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc., DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4
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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.
. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published a corrected notice on the November 23 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a new State Only Minor Air Quality Operating Permit for the continued operation of the ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC [Energy Transfer] Revolution NaturalGas Cryogenic Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County.
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Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. -- DEP published notice in the April 12 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a Chapter 105 Encroachment permit for a three mile long, 8-inch naturalgas gathering pipeline being constructed on a 50 foot wide right-of-way by EQT ARO LLC in Cascade Township, Lycoming County. (
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Rayias Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Brooklyn Twp., Air Quality Permits - Comment -- Chesapeake Utilities Corp/Eastern Shore NaturalGas Co. Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. (
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