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During a routine inspection on November 27, the Department of EnvironmentalProtection issued a violation to Stonehaven Energy MGT Co. LLC for abandoning an oil and gas wastewater injection well in Cranberry Township, Venango County. EPA’s permit for the injection well expired on October 24, 2023.
On October 23, the Department of EnvironmentalProtection began plugging a conventional gas well orphaned by the well owner that contaminated a family's drinking water well in Vowinckel, Clarion County. Read more here. Visit DEP’s Orphan Well Plugging Grant Program webpage for more information. 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here!
But smarter approaches, if carefully applied, could help to reverse costly reliance on gas, and accelerate the clean energy transition in PJM, and nationwide. of the proposed generation in the queue.
This testimony was presented by Sarah Martik , Executive Director of the Center for Coalfield Justice based in Washington County, at a March 11 hearing by the DEP Office of Environmental Justice on an Air Quality Permit for the expansion of the MarkWest Energy's Harmon Creek NaturalGas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County.
The Department of EnvironmentalProtection will be accepting applications until December 16 for the new Methane Reduction Grants Program to plug marginally producing conventional oil and gas wells. DEP has $44.4 million available from the federal Inflation Reduction Act to provide grants under this program.
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The conventional well, owned by Kriebel NaturalGas Co., and met with the Manor Volunteer Fire Department, Westmoreland City Fire Department and representatives of the well owner to help assess the site to determine any environmental impacts. Kriebel NaturalGas holds 1,681 permits. DEP inspection report Part 1.
The size of the toxic ash pile at the Scrubgrass cryptomining facility had turned waste coal into an even riskier form of pollution, said Patrick McDonnell, President and CEO of PennFuture. uses waste coal to fuel its operations, which results in large quantities of coal ash.
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 Dec. 13, Authorized Jan. Chester County. ( Greene County.
The state Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology and Penn State Project ECHO hosted two webinars in January and February for medical professionals and the public on Caring for Persons Living and Working in Communities Involved in Oil and NaturalGas Extraction. The fourth step is the flowback and waste management step.
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On March 19, the Department of EnvironmentalProtection issued notices of violation to Range Resources Appalachia LLC and LPR Energy, LLC for failing to submit required monthly reports of naturalgas production, waste generation and disposal for shale gas wells in 12 counties. Baker Gas Inc.
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The Department of EnvironmentalProtection published notice in the October 26, 2024 PA Bulletin extending the three Air Quality Permits needed for the temporary operation of the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County until a full Title V Air Quality Permit can be put in place. ( 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here!
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By Adam Peltz and Jon Goldstein , Environmental Defense Fund This article first appeared on the Environmental Defense Fund Blog on November 21, 2022-- A naturalgas storage site in Western Pennsylvania has sprung a massive gas leak that’s impacting both the climate and the communities who live in Cambria County.
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On March 14, the Attorney General opened another investigation into Energy Transfer/Sunoco into potential environmental crimes related to the Energy Transfer/Sunoco pipeline that leaked petroleum into household wells in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County. EnvironmentalProtection Agency. Read more here.]
Busik Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with diesel to meet the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Dimock Twp., Waste Permits -- Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC : DEP invites comments on General Waste Permit WMGR123 for treatment of oil and gas wastewater for 1.3
We already know what the solid waste consists of and we know what the toxic and radioactive wastewater contains. We already know what is leaching out of landfills where fracking waste is dumped and what is ending up in our rivers where we source our drinking water. 28 to Nov. 4 PA Bulletin [PaEN] Related Articles Last Week: -- Gov.
On September 13, the Pittsburgh-based Environmental Health Project issued a review of the University of Pittsburgh studies released on August 15 showing links between naturalgas development and Lymphoma cancer, worsening asthma conditions and lower birth weights. "We
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The Department of EnvironmentalProtection to recommend the Environmental Quality Board accept a rulemaking petition for study proposing increases in setbacks from shale gas wells to better protect the public at the April 8 Board meeting.
The following notices were published in the April 5 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Compressor Station: DEP invites comments on a Air Quality Plan Approval for a naturalgas turbine and other sources of air pollution at the facility located in Hamilton Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Delaware County. (
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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 EnvironmentalProtection in 2021. Opinion, p.
Shapiro made as Attorney General to advance commonsense measures that prioritize public health and safety and ensure the naturalgas industry is performing its work in line with the highest standards. The grand jurors also issued recommendations on how we could protect public health and safety in Pennsylvania.
On February 26, 2024, DEP notified CNX Midstream Operating Company LLC that its application for the Slickville fracking wastewater and naturalgas pipelines project is considered withdrawn because CNX failed to provide the information needed to complete the application within 60 days and start its review.
On March 14, PennFuture and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network appealed the Department of EnvironmentalProtection water quality permits for the Transcontinental Gas and Pipeline Company’s Regional Energy Access Expansion naturalgas pipeline expansion that will run through Luzerne and Monroe Counties.
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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.
On December 30, the Observer-Reporter newspaper reported an explosion and fire at Energy Transfer’s Revolution Cryogenic NaturalGas Processing Plant broke out about 7:30 a.m. The article said the fire continued burning at the naturalgas facility for nearly 11 hours. The whole family is scared.
. -- DEP published notice in the December 21 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed interim Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act response at the Tub Mill Farm and Clearview Farm waste site in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County. ( Read more here Meetings: January 14-- DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. Centre County. (
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These geologists are experts in the field and have years of experience evaluating and protecting Pennsylvania’s water supply, including, in some cases, offering water and environmental resources related to naturalgas extraction in the Marcellus Shale. The first round of projects will be announced in the coming weeks.
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