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and nitrogen oxides in violation of the federal Clean Air Act, the state Air PollutionControl Act and the plant's permit. Most Penalized Industry The shale gas and naturalgas pipeline industry has been assessed over $71 million in penalties for environmental violations-- the most of any industry in Pennsylvania.
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.
. -- 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 pollutioncontrol equipment to be installed at the Harmon Creek NaturalGas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County. ( Washington Count y. (
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 ]. Billion In Federal Funding At Risk For DEP, DCNR, PennVEST [PaEN] -- Gov.
The proposal mostly asks questions—but it sets some key bounds Compared to other parts of the December proposal, the section on biomethane (also referred to as “renewable naturalgas” or “RNG” in the proposal) and fugitive methane is extremely short—just two pages—and dominated by questions.
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.
If the money was spent on individual wells that have high plugging costs, there is a significant risk that Pennsylvania could plug far less wells with this funding, which would undermine the ability to achieve more reductions in air pollution that harms our health and the climate.
Dickinson College in Carlisle, Cumberland County will host a panel discussion about the environmental and business aspects of food waste and how it impacts climate change. The event, “ The Business of Food Waste: Climate Mitigation through Organics Recycling ,” will take place March 24, from noon – 1:00 p.m. Louther Street.
DEP said it has the statutory authority in the 1995 law that created the agency, the state Air PollutionControl Act and other laws to establish grant and funding programs to implement the Plan. 1 Price Changes: NaturalGas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8%
In Civil Penalties For 12-Month Air Quality Violations After May 2023 Consent Order [PaEN] -- Beaver County Residents Call For Accountability, Emergency Preparedness After Dozens Of Malfunctions, Pollution From Shell Petrochemical Plant [PaEN] -- PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9 Million In Base Grant In 2023] -- Senate Passes Sen.
Beginning in the 2026 ozone season, EPA is setting enforceable NOX emissions control requirements for certain sources at existing and new industrial facilities that have significant impacts on downwind air quality and the ability to install cost-effective pollutioncontrols.
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 1422 ) -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc.:
Public Participation -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. 12 Public Meeting On Bishop Tube Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan In Chester County [PaEN] -- TribLive: Public To Weigh In On Proposed Olympus Energy/Hyperion Leto NaturalGas Compressor Station In West Deer Twp.,
16 [PaEN] -- Scranton Times Editorial: Give Teeth To DEP Environmental Justice Policy [PaEN] -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. Ned Ketyer Explains The Results Of New Studies Of The Health Impacts Of NaturalGas Development On Children And Adults [PaEN] -- The Center Square: State Dept. 26 to Sept.
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On February 13, Marcellus Drilling News reported the Canadian firm Rain City Resources from Vancouver, BC and Kendra II , a waste disposal company in Springville, Susquehanna County, signed an agreement to establish a pilot plant to extract lithium from Marcellus Shale wastewater in Susquehanna County.
29; No Information Yet On Whether Oil & Gas Development Health Risks Will Be Included Health Department Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Pennsylvanians Near State’s Four Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6% News From PA House & Senate Senate Committee Meets Sept.
CEQA requires an EIR to analyze a project’s energy consumption, and to mitigate any significant impacts “due to wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary use of energy, or wasteful use of energy resources[.]” (CEQA Guidelines, § 15126.2(b); City of Woodland (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 4th 173, 209, my 4/14/14 post on which can be found here.
Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities. In June 2018, DEP finalized an Air Quality General Permit to reduce methane emissions from new unconventional oil and gas operations. On December 2, the U.S.
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 Governor's Office said the agreement helps further a promise Gov.
On February 11, CNX Resources CEO Nicholas Deluliis told DEPs Citizens Advisory Council a year and a half of air and water monitoring shows no material impact to air or water quality from their naturalgas development operations. Deluliis did a presentation to the Council on Radical Transparency, a program CNX launched with Gov.
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Shapiro And The Shale Gas Company CNX -- TribLive: Many West Deer Residents Calling For More Stringent Regulations On Shale Gas Drilling In Allegheny County -- TribLive: Indiana Twp. Rezoning Would Accommodate Fracking Off Route 910 In Westmoreland County -- TribLive: NaturalGas Well Fracking Plans On Hold In Indiana Twp.
DEP estimates it will cost the conventional naturalgas industry approximately $9.8 million of their product not leaking into the atmosphere, at current naturalgas prices. The regulation would affect 4,719 conventional well owners of approximately 27,260 facilities. The alternative for Rep.
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Of Health, Penn State Project ECHO Held A Webinar To Educate Medical Professionals, Public On Exposures To NaturalGas Facility Pollution; Real Washington County CNX Facility Case Study Used What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: DEP: Southwestern Energy Prod Co.
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Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) As Russian bombs fall on Ukraine, Pennsylvania refineries refine Russian crude oil and oil and naturalgas prices are locked to every word said by Russian despots, Sen. The new essay outlines what the coal and naturalgas industries want to happen in Pennsylvania-- If Gov. Mitchell C.
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Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied naturalgas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. Finally, the court found that DOE adequately considered distributional impacts in its evaluation of “public interest” under the NaturalGas Act. Sierra Club v. 3:17 -cv-02824 (N.D.
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XTO) [ExxonMobil] and Hilcorp Energy Company (Hilcorp) , agreed to resolve alleged Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air PollutionControl Act violations involving their oil and gas production operations in Pennsylvania. AMS Energy holds 46 shale gas well permits. McCool holds 461 conventional and shale gas well permits.
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