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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.
For DEP, the Agenda includes a proposed regulation establishing an annual permit fee for shale gas wells [ Read more here ] and updated waste management regulations covering conventional oil and gas operations [ Read more here ]. Bradford County. ( Butler County. Received Jan. 28, Issued Jan. Washington County. Received Dec.
Air Quality Permits -- Williams Field Services Company, LLC - White Compressor Station: DEP renewed the GP-5 General Air Quality Permit covering multiple airpollution sources for the facility located in Springville Twp., Susquehanna County. Application received Sept. 30, 2024, approved Oct. 9, 2024. ( Susquehanna County.
On September 18, Senators Steven Santasiero (D-Bucks) and Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, announced they were introducing legislation to increase setback safety zones from shale naturalgas drilling sites based on the latest science. Read more here.
May 11, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a federal lawsuit against the Shell Petrochemical Plant for repeatedly violating permitted airpollution limits from a massive new plastics production plant in Beaver County, which opened last year. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S.
On the agenda for DEP’s Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board June 13 meeting is a discussion of a variety of topics, including-- -- Potential For Wastewater Migration From Underground Injection Disposal Wells -- Financial Assurance Strategies To Address Future Well Abandonment -- Orphan & Abandoned Well Topics-- -- Implications Of Changing Definitions (..)
On August 14, CNX Resources issued a press release announcing the preliminary results of air emissions monitoring at 14 sites it said "indicate that CNX naturalgas development poses no public health risk." Eleven of the sites were monitored for as little as just four weeks up to 24 weeks or less.
On June 7, the Better Path Coalition reported the Department of Environmental Protection has removed the co-product category from its waste disposal reporting database for conventional oil and gas well owners, according to documents the Coalition received in response to a Right-To-Know request. have gotten easier.
On December 27, 2022-- Christmas week-- a malfunction at the CNX Oak Springs NaturalGas Pipeline Pigging Station in South Franklin Township, Washington County resulted in the release of an estimated 1.1 million cubic feet of naturalgas and hazardous airpollutants. From approximately 10:14 a.m.
On March 14, the federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Adelphia Gateway naturalgas pipeline company was not entitled to a different outcome in Federal Court after receiving an adverse judgment in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in Cole et al v. Department of Environmental Protection in 2021. Opinion, p.
These trucks, which move shipping containers and goods from ports and railyards, are among the dirtiest on the road and are a primary source of airpollution in disproportionately impacted communities. pollution from vehicles. A battery-electric waste truck operated by Recology, which services multiple cities on the West Coast.
in Lower Burrell City, Westmoreland County and found it to be abandoned and not plugged with a faint odor of gas. The owner also failed to submit production, waste generation and well integrity reports for at least five years. On October 11, 2024 , DEP inspected the WK Stewart 1 conventional well owned by Big Sand Drilling Co Inc.
billion gallons of drilling wastewater generated every year in Pennsylvania-- where it does for disposal or recycling, waste injection well development, problems with the conventional and shale gas wastewater reporting system, road dumping of conventional drilling wastewater and much more. Click Here to read the entire article.
By Cat (Cathy) Lodge, Washington County Resident My family’s home is in Washington County and we have more Marcellus and Utica Shale naturalgas industrial facilities than any other county in Pennsylvania. Counties across the state have witnessed harm from the heavy industrial activity associated with naturalgas exploration.
Larue Shale Gas Well Pad 2: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of groundwater contaminated by a release of petroleum-based drilling mud to meet the Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Dimock Twp., PA Bulletin, page 3246 ) -- Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. Susquehanna County. ( Lycoming County. (
On September 29, the Department of Environmental Protection terminated the air quality permit for the proposed Beech Hollow naturalgas-fired power plant in Robinson Township, Washington County at the request of the company.
A January 3 DEP inspection report shows Energy Transfer reported a nine and a half hour uncontrolled release of ethane and other vapors from its Revolution Cryogenic NaturalGas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County during a Christmas Day explosion and fire at the plant. on December 25 and ceased as of 4:59 p.m.
for air quality, waste, and oil and gas violations related to the uncontrolled gas release from Equitrans’ Rager Mountain naturalgas 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.
On December 21, sixteen local and statewide environmental groups expressed their opposition to a proposed naturalgas to gasoline refinery to be built in Luzerne County by Texas-based Nacero. The groups issued the statement below and made available a fact sheet on the project from The Clean Air Council.
3 Major NaturalGas Infrastructure Failures In Washington County There were a total of three major naturalgas infrastructure failures in Washington County in December, all in the space of a few days-- that we know of. million cubic feet of naturalgas and hazardous airpollutants.
On September 30, DEP told the Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee shale gas fracking operations in Pennsylvania sent nearly 236,00 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to out-of-state low-level radioactive waste facilities for disposal, more volume than all the industries combined in the four-state Appalachian Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact.
Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC - Warner Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater at the well pad located in Rush Twp., North Landfill and transmission to the off-site Fairless Renewable NaturalGas Plan in Falls Twp.,
on a PA General Energy project to construct a 12-inch naturalgas and two 8-inch water pipelines through Cummings and McHenry Townships in Lycoming County. Waste Permits -- Coterra Energy, Inc. PA Bulletin, page 3580 ) Read more here. . Susquehanna County. ( Westmoreland County. ( Tioga County. ( Bradford County. (
. -- The Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a November 14 hearing on a proposed RACT III Air Quality Permit for the Energy Transfer Marcus Hook Terminal in Delaware County. The Marcus Hook Terminal is a hub for the transportation, storage and shipment of naturalgas liquids coming through the Mariner East Pipelines.
For naturalgas-fired power, the costs of maintaining outdated and inefficient infrastructure–let alone building new infrastructure–like power plants, production wells, and pipelines add up quickly and largely get passed along to consumers in the form of higher energy bills.
PA Bulletin, page 3742 ) The project proposes to dig up and expose two existing naturalgas pipelines and one combination fresh water and production wastewater pipeline crossing Bates Fork Creek, a High Quality stream, and disturb a total of 27.8 Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. (
Air Quality Permits -- Iron Pennsylvania Land, LLC - Cumberland Mine Methane Flare Abatement System: DEP invites comments on an Air Quality Plan Approval to construct and operate a temporary coal mine methane flare system located in Jackson Twp., Greene County. ( Adams County. ( Susquehanna County. ( Butler County. ( Venango County. (
12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Nov. 14 Public Meeting On 5 Schuylkill County Facilities-- Natural Soil Products, Liberty Soils, Summit Anthracite (Stavola) Mining Site, Rausch Creek Mining Site, CES Landfill [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Nov. 12 [PaEN] -- PA Assn. . -- PA Forestry Assn.
Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Sensinger Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater to the Statewide Health Standards at the well pad located in Franklin Twp., Bradford County. ( Bradford County. ( Bradford County. ( Bradford County. (
The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 2 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed CNX Midstream project to expose two 10-inch naturalgas pipelines and one 12-inch fresh water pipeline in Morris Township, Washington County to prevent damage from underground longwall coal mining. [ York County. [
. -- DEP published notice in the February 8 PA Bulletin it has scheduled a March 11 hearing on a proposed Air Quality Plan Approval permit covering new airpollution control equipment to be installed at the Harmon Creek NaturalGas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County. ( Washington Count y. (
PA Bulletin, page 7073 ) Waste Permits -- Mon River Dock Company - Karen Dock Oil & Gas Liquid Waste Processing Facility : DEP revoked the WMGR123 General Permit for the facility located in East Bethlehem Twp., PA Bulletin, page 7075 ) Air Quality Permits -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc.
Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Amcor Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Meshoppen Twp., Wyoming County. ( Greene County. ( Bucks County. ( Butler County. ( Tioga County. (
That rule, which will be finalized later this year, currently proposes a requirement that gas companies regularly monitor pollution from all gas wells until they are successfully plugged. This funding gives gas drilling companies the opportunity to plug wells before they are required to monitor their airpollution.
. -- Beech Resources, LLC - Two 16-inch Water Pipelines, One 16-inch Gas Pipeline: DEP invites comments on a Chapter 105 application for three pipelines impacting Beauty’s Run (Exceptional Value), several Exceptional Value wetlands and floodways located in Lycoming Twp., Lycoming County. ( PA Bulletin, page 4044 ) Read more here.
. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 6 PA Bulletin announcing it has issued an Air Quality Permit Plan Approval to authorize the construction and operation of the Frontier LNG naturalgas production facility at the Winner 4H Shale Gas Well Pad in West Keating Township, Clinton County.
From January 28 through February 3, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 640 inspection reports that resulted in reporting 23 violations of environmental regulations-- 7 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 15 violations by the unconventional shale naturalgas industry.
The following DEP notices were published in the June 17 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. PA Bulletin, page 3220 ) Air Quality Permits -- Elkhorn Gas Processing, LLC - Kane NaturalGas Processing Plant: DEP invites comments on a State Only Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Wetmore Twp.,
PA Bulletin, page 6765 ) -- CNX Gas Company, LLC - NV 36HS Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, and zinc for the well pad located in South Franklin Twp., Luzerne County. ( Washington County. (
PA Bulletin, page 3899 ) Waste Permits -- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - Wastewater Storage Facility: DEP invites comments on an application it received for coverage under WMGR163 Residual Waste General Permit for a facility to be located in Franklin Twp., Lycoming County. ( Bradford County. ( Delaware County. ( Bradford County. (
Of course, we had all these smells last week, and now people are beginning to realize that the air is a big, serious problem too,” said Baumgardner. The emergency flaring of naturalgas at the plant triggered when there are malfunctions, caused a separate light problem. What Happens With Study Results?
From April 8 to 14, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 614 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 56 violations of environmental regulations-- 18 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 38 violations by the unconventional shale naturalgas industry.
PA Bulletin, page 1892 ) 2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups -- So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 93 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval for a Caterpillar engine at the pad located in Springville Twp.,
2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 74 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to 74 oil and gas facility site cleanups. PA Bulletin, page 1413 ) -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. PA Bulletin, page 1413 ) -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc.
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