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On October 25, Baker Hughes reported the number of naturalgas drilling rigs in Pennsylvania dropped to 12, the lowest number of rigs in the state since July 2007, according to Reuters. Naturalgas companies are reducing the number of rigs and new wells they are bringing online in an attempt to raise the prices of naturalgas.
These penalties are in addition to a $670,000 civil penalty DEP accessed against Shell Falcon Pipeline and its contractor Minnesota Limited LLC for violations of its permit and other laws and regulations that occurred in 2019 and 2020 during pipeline construction. Read more here. Read more here. Decrease To 31.2% Decrease To 31.2%
One way to better understand the impact the oil and gas industry has on the daily lives of Pennsylvanians is to read Oil and Gas Program inspection reports to see the kinds of violations DEP uncovers every day, week in and week out, as they inspect oil and gas wells and gas infrastructure across the state.
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.
Speakers from several public health, community advocacy and environmental groups will participate in a September 19 webinar -- A Year Later: Have Leaders Addressed Health Concerns From NaturalGas Development Raised In University Of Pittsburgh Public Health Studies? Shapiro's deal with naturalgas developer CNX Resources.
The Better Path Coalition will host an October 18 webinar launching the 9th Compendium of Scientific, Medical, Media Findings Demonstrating Risk, Harms of NaturalGas Development and Infrastructure at Noon and 7:00 p.m.
A new report gives New York a failing grade for its flood risk disclosure laws. Some of the earliest memories I have are of protestors standing in the road, blocking semi-trucks hauling nuclear waste.”. — Mikhail Childs, Prairie Island Indian C ommunity member. Fresh from the Great Lakes News Collaborative.
The following notices were published in the March 29 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. PA Bulletin, page 2565 ) Read more here. -- Tennessee Gas Pipeline - Compressor Station 219: DEP to hold May 7 hearing on Title V RACT 3 Permit for the facility located in Jefferson Township, Mercer County. ( Luzerne 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.
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, 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.
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.
On September 1, the Department of Environmental Protection said any waste generated by the new conventional oil and gas well plugging program will NOT be exempt from hazardous waste requirements, unlike the same or similar wastes generated from active oil and gas production wells and facilities. Read more here.
There were deficiencies found on the part of the company when it came to their best management practices in controlling erosion and sedimentation,” said Captain Anthony Quarrancino, from the Fish and Boat Commission Central Law Enforcement Office in Bellefonte. “So, Read more here. Read more here.
On March 14, PennFuture and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network appealed the Department of Environmental Protection 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.
On April 24, DEP inspectors, responding to a citizen complaint, found two conventional wells continuing to vent naturalgas in Hanover Township, Washington County. The DEP inspector found significant naturalgas readings around the well head of the water well which has been disconnected from the house and is no longer in use.
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.
PA Bulletin, page 6792 ) -- Compass NaturalGas Partners LP - Quaker CNG Truck Terminal: DEP renewed a State Only Air Quality Permit covering multiple sources of air pollution at the facility located in Upper Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland County. Application received April 19, 2023. ( Lycoming County. Read more here.
The PA Environment Digest prepared a policy paper in August of 2021 on the issue of requiring naturalgas and hazardous liquid pipelines to have insurance or financial assurance in place to cover property damage, bodily harm and environmental cleanup resources if a leak or explosion happens. Read more here. Read more here.
Is this what we should expect from the naturalgas industrial infrastructure in Washington County and Pennsylvania? December 25 Christmas Morning Explosion Kasey Duran and her family live about 1,500 feet from the Energy Transfer Revolution Cryogenic NaturalGas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County.
The pace of companies abandoning conventional oil and naturalgas wells without plugging them continues to accelerate in 2022 threatening to put Pennsylvania’s taxpayer-funded well plugging program even further behind. Conventional oil and gas well companies have so far shifted over $5.1 Read more here. Read more here.
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.
PA Bulletin, page 1859 ) Read more here. -- 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. ( Venango County. Received Aug. 27, issued Feb. PA Bulletin, page 1866 ) Read more here.
The November 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL, includes an $8 billion “regional clean hydrogen hubs” program that charges the Department of Energy (DOE) with the development of at least four hydrogen hubs to advance the nation’s clean hydrogen sector.
the gas storage operator of the Rager Mountain Gas Storage Reservoir and George L Reade 1 storage well located in Jackson Township, Cambria County. The storage area vented naturalgas uncontrolled into the atmosphere from Sunday, November 6, 2022, until the evening of Saturday, November 19, 2022 when it was temporarily plugged.
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.
Our current economic systems require waste, which is awful. I am convinced that just by tackling wasted energy, water and food seriously and meaningfully at a systemic level by the end of this decade, our journey towards sustainability would be much faster. Wasted energy is more pollution to our air, our water, our soil.
Failed to submit production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Smith 184B conventional coal gas well in Munster Township, Cambria County found the well abandoned and not plugged. Owner failed to submit production, waste general and well integrity reports. 4,200 gallon wastewater tank not in secondary containment.
How Oil & GasWaste Haunts Pennsylvania Cumberland County Master Gardeners Host Nov. Of Environmental Educators Conference March 10-12 In Erie Educators Invited To Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition Online Meetings Dec. 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here!
One of the most significant changes is "enhance resource accreditation" that would more accurately assess the reliability value of naturalgas-fired power plants which accounted for 70% of the power plant outages in PJM during Winter Storm Elliot.
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.
The Marcus Hook Terminal is a hub for the transportation, storage and shipment of naturalgas liquids coming through the Mariner East Pipelines. 16 Webinar On Lawsuit Challenging Law Preventing DEP From Protecting Public Health, Environment From Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [PaEN] -- House Committee Meets Oct.
PGE will attempt to use new underground “micro-tunneling” technology for the naturalgas pipeline, down steep slopes on both sides the Creek. Most importantly, this is not adherence to the PA Constitution as the law of the land. miles up steep slopes up to a third leased tract on state forest land on the south side of the Creek.
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. (
Among the issues raised by the appellants in their original appeal were-- concerns the landfill’s operation would attract birds and interfere with the operation of the nearby Grove City Airport; that the oil and gas drilling wastes the landfill was allowed to accept presented a radiation hazard; and the landfill’s compliance history.
The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR) has proposed a rule that will significantly restrict the practice of venting and flaring at wellsites in an effort to address naturalgaswaste in Louisiana. If you have further questions, contact Liskow’s Cristian Solar or James Lapeze.
The PA Environment Digest prepared a policy paper on the issue of requiring naturalgas and hazardous liquid pipelines to have insurance or financial assurance in place to cover property damage, bodily harm and environmental cleanup resources if a leak or explosion happens. Read more here. Read more here.
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. (
. -- 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 air pollution control equipment to be installed at the Harmon Creek NaturalGas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County. ( Washington Count y. ( Bradford County. (
27 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP Releases Bid Solicitation To Plug 19 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Forest County All At Taxpayer Expense [PaEN] -- DEP Blog: Plugging PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil And Gas Wells -- Bradford Era: Rep. Senate returns to voting session Feb.
Researchers, using DEP data, found an average 30 percent discrepancy between the waste numbers reported by the oil and gas industry and the waste received by landfills. The study noted landfills must test leachate for radioactive radium and other markers of oil and gaswaste, but wastewater plants don’t.
The Marcus Hook Terminal is a hub for the transportation, storage and shipment of naturalgas liquids coming through the Mariner East Pipelines. NaturalGas Facility: DEP authorized de minimis increases in emissions from multiple air pollution sources at the facility located in Spring Twp., Washington County. (
A significant change in the culture of non-compliance as an acceptable norm in the conventional oil and gas industry will need to occur before meaningful improvement can happen.” Five other violations involved illegal disposal or handling of liquid or solid waste. Why The Assessment? DEP’s assessment was promised by Gov.
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