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Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & NaturalGas Extraction [PaEN] -- Part II - Health Impacts: State Dept.
Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & NaturalGas Extraction [PaEN] -- Part II - Health Impacts: State Dept.
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Scope The General Permit covers liquid wastewater generated by any oil and gas operation defined under the Unconventional Oil and Gas Regulations in Chapter 78a , including well sites, water withdrawals, residual waste processing and treatment operations, construction of pipelines, naturalgas compressors and naturalgas processing plants.
miles of 30-inch naturalgas gathering pipeline and a 16-inch permanent waterline between the Rogers Compression Station and the Athena shale gas well pad. ( miles of 30-inch naturalgas gathering pipeline and a 16-inch permanent waterline between the Athena shale gas well pad and the proposed Odyssey Interconnect Site. (
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