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New Maryland Regulation all but Shuts Down Phase ll Environmental Site Assessments

Greenbuilding Law

The Maryland Department of the Environment has adopted regulations for the first time requiring the person conducting an environmental assessment, even when they are not the owner of the property (e.g., Noting that these regulations largely regulate the oil and gas industry (e.g., the NPDES program) to be reported to MDE.

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DEP Issues $1.1 Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Gas From The Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area In Cambria County

PA Environment Daily

for air quality, waste, and oil and gas violations related to the uncontrolled gas release from Equitrans’ Rager Mountain natural gas storage field and George L Reade 1 storage well in November 2022. Attempts to control the well involved pumping fresh water and a heavy brine into the well to stop the flow of gas.

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Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay

Circle of Blue

But the scare wasted city resources and left water customers on edge for weeks. The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste. But you know, like, this is the world we live in.” Since the discovery, Ann Arbor has spent $1.5

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The Serious Risks Around Treatment of Biomethane in 45V

Union of Concerned Scientists

In December, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations governing implementation of the 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit , passed as part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act. Fuel deliverability, tracking, and certification.

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DEP Posts Updated List Of Technical Guidance In Development To Promote Public Involvement

PA Environment Daily

formal notice ) The Agenda serves as a guide and resource to the regulated community, the public, Department staff and members of the Department's advisory committees regarding the focus of the Department's policy development for the coming year. Click Here for up-to-date versions of both the Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Agendas.

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DEP Posted 72 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 18 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

2023-036-L ] Permits -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 18 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a revised Title V Air Quality Operating Permit including RACT II requirements for the Seward Generation, LLC coal waste power plant in East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana County. ( Washington County.

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DEP, Keystone Landfill Sign Consent Order With $575,000 Penalty To Immediately Begin Mitigating Landfill Odors In Lackawanna County

PA Environment Daily

The $180,000 will be deposited into the Solid Waste Abatement Fund, which is a statewide fund set up to eliminate potential hazards related to solid waste. A malodor is defined by DEP regulation as: “[A]n odor which causes annoyance or discomfort to the public and which the Department determines to be objectionable to the public.”