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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 15

PA Environment Daily

. -- 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. Read more here. Read more here. Greene County. ( Greene County. ( Bradford County. ( Butler County. Butler County.

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DEP To Recommend Environmental Quality Board Accept A Petition For Study To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells At April 8 Meeting

PA Environment Daily

Petition Background On October 22, the Clean Air Council and Environmental Integrity Project-- as part of the Protective Buffers PA Coalition -- filed a 358-page rulemaking petition with the Environmental Quality Board asking it to increase minimum setback distances from shale gas wells from a minimum now of 500 feet to 3,281 feet.

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Part I - Environmental Impacts: State Dept. Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction

PA Environment Daily

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 Natural Gas Extraction. Pennsylvania last updated its setback distances in 2012.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 19

PA Environment Daily

The following notices were published in the April 19 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. So far in 2025, SRBC issued or renewed 142 general water use permits for shale gas development. Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Sunoco Inc. Read more here. Westmoreland County. Received March 13, Issued April 3. (

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CNX Gas Company Reports It Did Not Stop Pumping Shale Gas Wastewater Through A Punctured Pipeline For 24+ Hours During An Incident In Morris Township, Greene County In May

PA Environment Daily

The company said it would use the Act 2 Land Recycling Program standards for cleaning up the site. CNX Response To Violations The June 21, 2024 response CNX Gas Company, Inc. CNX said it “disputes the allegation that it violated the provisions” of law and regulation cited in the notice of violation. Initial DEP Inspections.

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Environmental Quality Board Tables Vote On Accepting Petition For Study To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells Until Last Minute Comments Can Be Reviewed

PA Environment Daily

So, we're all making decisions right now about whether it makes any sense, again, to vote on something that would ban natural gas development in the state, said King. She added-- It is possible that the department proposes something different that is not effectively a ban on oil and gas development.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 9

PA Environment Daily

The following notices were published in the November 9 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. D.Lewis Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with oil-based drilling mud at the pad located in Bridgewater Twp., Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.