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), ( The violations took place between August 2018 and April 2019, and the penalty was part of a “Consent Assessment of Civil Penalty” signed earlier this month. ), PA Grade Crude Oil Development Advisory Council, Post Comments Fish & Boat Commission Accepting Applications For ... Dept. 64 286 ), ( The average time it took to issue erosion and sedimentation permits dropped from 118 days in DEP’s Southwest Regional Office in 2017 to 45 days in 2019 and from 51 days in DEP’s Northwest Regional Office in 2017 to 23 days in 2019. This research will help DEP better estimate methane emissions from the thousands of orphaned and abandoned wells in Pennsylvania. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.

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307 ), ( 3151 ), ( According to the state department’s release, CNX was performing hydrological fracturing or “fracking” on the Shaw well on Jan. 26, when an unexpected loss of pressure caused the uncontrolled flow of gas into shallower geologic formations and the nine nearby wells. In Pennsylvania officials fined Chesapeake Energy $1 million for contaminating ground water with methane. 221 Pa. DEP fines Veolia for residential, municipal waste violations. Information included at this site has been derived directly from the Pennsylvania Code, the Commonwealth's official publication of rules and regulations and from the Pennsylvania Bulletin, the Commonwealth's official gazette for information and rulemaking CNX’s investigation concluded, according to the PA-DEP, which concurred, that stress cracks in the Shaw well casing “most likely caused the incident.”. ), ( “DEP will continue to improve environmental protections for oil and gas development while providing certainty for operators and the people that live, work, and play near Pennsylvania’s oil and gas communities,” said DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell.

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345 ), ( The worry is that fractures underground, caused by the process, will extending upwards and into aquifers, releasing gas and chemicals into the ground water supply. One of the actions DEP said it plans to take next in the report is to establish guidelines for the identification and investigation of potentially hazardous geologic conditions along pipeline construction routes. 280

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299 The company is also required to monitor pressures at the nine conventional gas wells affected by the original incident at least once every day during the fracking of the other Utica wells and to report pressure changes to DEP. 346 Dept. 3129 ), ( The DEP entered into a consent order and agreement with EQM for violations that occurred from 2016 through 2019 during construction of its NIMA D0001/S004/S005 oil and gas pipeline project and TP-4555 pipeline on Sept. 1. 199 ), ( ), ( Opportunity To Bid On DEP Oil & Gas Well Plugging ... Sept. 25 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Fo... DEP Posts 46 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Se... PA Environmental Professionals Recognize John E. C... DCNR Wildfire Fighters Joining Crew Headed To Figh... PA Resources Council Announces October Glass Recyc... NRCS-PA Holds PA State Technical Committee Meeting... EPA Settlement Requires MarkWest Natural Gas Proce... Rodale Institute: New Study Shows Shift To Regener... DEP Invites Comments On Draft Water Quality Assess... EQB Invites Comments On Proposed Rule Eliminating ... Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.25.20.

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263 ), ( ), ( ), ( ), ( ), ( The PA-DEP stated that a portion of the civil penalty, $5,912, will be paid to the county conservation districts to cover investigation costs. ), ( “However, because legislative discussions have not resulted in a viable product, DEP plans to proceed with the development of a proposed conventional oil and gas rulemaking and will likely advance the rulemaking via several concise packages in parallel during 2020. ), ( Also Thursday, the PA-DEP announced it has assessed Sunoco Pipeline LP a $355,636 penalty for discharging drilling fluids into rivers and streams during the construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Berks, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Delaware, Lebanon, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. 71 ), ( 314

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271 70 77 According to the PA-DEP, CNX failed to use strong enough casing and other safety measures to prevent blowouts, failed to maintain well integrity and vented gas into the atmosphere.

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