PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 17, 2025

Read more here. -- The Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Board published notice in the January 18 PA Bulletin inviting comments on proposed changes to regulations establishing eligibility requirements for paying claims under the underground tank cleanup program. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 27, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 8491 ) -- Republic Environmental Systems (PA) LLC - Hazardous, Residual Waste Storage, Treatment Facility: DEP invites comments on the renewal of the waste permit for the facility located in Hatfield Twp., Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Huntingdon County. (

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

. -- DEP published notice in the March 1 PA Bulletin announcing that Impecca is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? PA Bulletin, page 1866 ) Read more here. Forest County. (

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2024

. -- 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. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? 14th Floor Rachel Carson Building.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 7698 ) -- Marlborough US Realty Holdings LP - Ambridge Coal Ash Landfill Closure Plan: DEP invites comments on closure plan for fly ash and bottom ash residual waste disposal facility located in Ambridge Boro, Beaver County. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Cumberland County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2024

On June 10, the Department of Environmental Protection told the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee the Shapiro Administration supports legislation banning the practice of road dumping oil and gas wastewater and prohibiting its consideration as a coproduct under Residual Waste Regulations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

The federal Clean Water Act directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce the rules that regulate this pollution. But the current rules, which were enacted two decades ago, are woefully inadequate at curbing the environmental and human impacts of this dirty water deluge.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 6, 2021

All the things that go down the drain and end up at the waste water treatment plant are not removed there. Until better regulations are finalized, the easiest way to protect your water is through a filtration system. All the things that go down the drain and end up at the waste water treatment plant are not removed there.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

. -- The Governors Office published an updated agency-by-agency Regulatory Agenda in the February 15 PA Bulletin that lists regulations in development, an estimated schedule of consideration and opportunities for public comments. Youll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Read more here.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 31, 2023

For 43 years, state regulators and the Environmental Protection Agency have ordered chemical manufacturer BASF to stop discharging up to 72,000 gallons of toxic waste-contaminated groundwater daily from its Wyandotte plant into the Detroit River. But the waste still flows unabated.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2023

On July 22, the Governor’s Office published an update to the Regulatory Agenda of regulations in development that included a new annual permit fee for unconventional shale gas operations and a schedule for the release of updated waste and other environmental standards for conventional oil and gas drilling. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In the United States, more than half of the people who live within 3 kilometers of a hazardous waste facility are people of color. Some environmental chemicals have similar chemistry and biological effects Anyone who studies chemistry quickly learns about the fascinating shapes and properties of chemical compounds.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2024

On April 29, Max Environmental Technologies, Inc. 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. Environmental Protection Agency announced.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

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.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

We got some bad news this month: a federal court judge ruled in favour of Big Plastic’s self-serving arguments and against the government’s approach to regulating plastic pollution. But what does this mean for regulating plastics in Canada? There is no time to waste. Are single-use plastics still being banned in Canada?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

In late April, California air regulators are poised to pass one of the most meaningful regulations to reduce pollution from commercial trucks, vans, and buses. Unfortunately, not all the changes were so great—one notable revision would delay the electrification of thousands of natural gas-fueled waste trucks by several years.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

The letter notes that funding cuts below fiscal year 2024 levels will undermine environmental protections that promote prosperity and human health of people across the country. State and local agencies have to invest significantly more funds beyond the statutory match requirements to meet their delegation commitments.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2022

Randomly selected individual on-site drill cutting and wastewater disposal plans submitted by conventional oil and gas drillers call for drilling wastes to be “dispersed directly to the environment,” according to a review by PA Environment Digest. Ph and conductivity will be tested and reported according to regulations.”

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Even if the resolution is adopted, it would not be binding in the same way as a formal international agreement, but it could still impact how countries regulate marine CDR. Both the London Convention and London Protocol require parties to adopt domestic laws to regulate the “dumping” of “waste and other matter” at sea.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

Wolf directed the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct an evaluation of how it regulates conventional oil and gas wells to prevent new abandoned wells, tighten review of permit transfers, review compliance with environmental safeguards and make recommendations for changes and actions, including criminal sanctions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2024

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. The proposed regulations clearly adhere to that framework, fully comporting with a plain reading of the text. From March 25 to March 27, 2024, the U.S.

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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. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

On November 16, the Department of Environmental Protection announced that $21,600 of the $39,100 civil penalty arising from the former Cheswick coal-fired power plant demolition project in June will benefit Springdale Borough, Allegheny County. Cheswick Plant Environmental Redevelopment Group, LLC, Controlled Demolition, Inc.,

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

trillion litres of toxic industrial waste to accumulate for over five decades, but now wants us to believe a steering committee with no decision-making power can resolve the issue. Environmental protection laws must be enforced in response to incidents like last year’s major spill and leak from Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The Governors Office published an updated agency-by-agency Regulatory Agenda in the February 15 PA Bulletin that lists regulations in development, an estimated schedule of consideration and opportunities for public comments. The draft schedule has these regulations going to the EQB in the fourth quarter of 2025. Read more here.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 28, 2022

Both categories are regulated by the Office of Conservation within the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. The pertinent regulations are in Statewide Order No. In the meantime, the Environmental Protection Agency remains the primary enforcement authority for Class VI wells.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2025

. -- DEP, PA Infrastructure Investment Authority published notice in the March 15 PA Bulletin inviting comments on environmental assessments for water infrastructure projects to be considered for funding from Allegheny, Butler, Cambria, Clearfield, Fayette, Lancaster and Somerset counties. Click Here for previous chart. Greene County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2022

On April 13, the Department of Environmental Protection advised 18 municipalities in four counties the road dumping of conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater is illegal and considered waste disposal. DEP said coproduct determinations submitted by CRS Energy, LLC, DJR Well Services, Energy Resources of America, Inc.,

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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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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2024

Read more here. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 6 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed renewal of a Title V Air Quality Permit for the Covanta Plymouth Municipal Waste Combustion units located in Plymouth Twp., Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2024

Permits -- The Department of Environmental Protectio n published notice in the May 11 PA Bulletin inviting comments on an individual Stormwater Permit for the proposed Sugarloaf Logistics, LLC warehouse in Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne Count y impacting Black Creek and Exceptional Value wetlands. ( Montour County. Montour County.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2024

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the August 17 PA Bulletin -- -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 17 [PaEN] -- The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a proposed Federal Consent Decree with Arxada, LLC concerning a $1.3

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2024

Comments are due June 17. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 4 PA Bulletin announcing a May 29 hearing on the renewal of the Blythe Recycling and Demolition Landfill permit in Blythe Township, Schuylkill County. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2024

The deadline for comments is July 15. -- The Governor’s Executive Board published notice in the June 15 PA Bulletin announcing the approval of a reorganization plan for the Department of Environmental Protection. PA Bulletin, page 3353 ). on page 3362. acre Endress & Hauser, Inc. acre Endress & Hauser, Inc.

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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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