Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the latest PA Bulletin--

Gov. Wolf published notice in the July 30 PA Bulletin directing the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct an evaluation of how it regulates conventional oil and gas wells to prevent new abandoned wells, tighten review of permit transfers, review compliance with environmental safeguards and make recommendations for changes and actions, including criminal sanctions.  Read more here.

The Environmental Quality Board published notice in the July 30 PA Bulletin of proposed changes to Land Recycling Program regulations related to vanadium for comment.

The Department of Environmental Protection published a notice in the July 30 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of an update to its Non-Regulatory Agenda showing the status of technical guidance in development.  Read more here.

The Governor’s Office published a notice in the July 30 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of an updated agency-by-agency Regulatory Agenda showing the latest status of regulations in development.  (PA Bulletin, Page 4340)  Read more here.

Oil & Gas Development Facility Cleanups: DEP published notices in the July 23 PA Bulletin of cleanups under the Land Recycling Program related to oil and gas development facilities-

-- Chesapeake Appalachia: Solowiej BRA Pad soil contamination with drilling wastewater Intent to Remediate in Wyalusing Twp., Bradford County  (PA Bulletin, page 4280)

-- Chesapeake Appalachia: Solowiej BRA Pad soil contamination with drilling wastewater in Wyalusing Twp., Bradford County - Final Cleanup Report  (PA Bulletin, page 4306)

-- Chesapeake Appalachia: Manahan BRA 2H, 101H, 103H, 104HC on the Manahan BRA Pad soil contaminated with drilling wastewater in Albany Twp., Bradford County - Final Cleanup Report. (PA Bulletin, page 4307)

-- EQT Drilling: Drift Ridge Well Pad soil contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, zinc, and chloride in Wayne Twp., Greene County - Final Cleanup Report.  (PA Bulletin, page 4306)

-- Penneco Oil Company: Penneco Gospel Church #10H well soils contaminated with acenaphthene, anthracene, benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(a)- pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(g,h,i)perylene, biphe- nyl, chrysene, fluoranthene, fluorene, indeno(1,2,3- cd)pyrene, methylnaphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene, benzene, sec-butylbenzene, tert-butylbenzene, cyclohex-ane, ethylbenzene, isopropylbenzene (cumene), naphtha- lene, toluene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, 1,3,5-trimethyl- benzene, xylene, and phenolics in Plum Borough, Allegheny County - Final Cleanup Report.  (PA Bulletin, page 4306)

-- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC: Property has soil contaminated with oil and gas drilling wastewater in Hamilton Twp., Tioga County - Final Cleanup Report.  (PA Bulletin, page 4306)

-- Range Resources-Appalachia: Ray Well Pad #2H soil contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, chloride, iron, lithium, manganese, strontium, vanadium, and zinc in Findlay Twp., Allegheny County - Final Cleanup Report.  (PA Bulletin, page 4306)

            Click Here for all oil and gas facility Act 2 cleanup notices posted during July.

Examples of other oil and gas facility notices in the PA Bulletin on July 30--

-- EQM Gathering OPCO, LLC:  Callisto Compressor Station notice of intent to issue Title V Air Quality Permit in Morris Twp., Greene County available for comment.  (PA Bulletin, page 4283)

-- Sunoco Pipeline: Natural gas liquids pumping station notice of intent to issue state only Air Quality Permit in Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County available for comment  (PA Bulletin, page 4284) 

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 30 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of the 2022 Annual Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan for public comment. 

-- DEP Opens Next Round Of Environmental Education Grants Aug. 1

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Applications For Urban Agriculture Grants Starting Aug. 1

PA Bulletin - July 30, 2022

Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 59 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the July 30 PA Bulletin - pages  4259 to 4316.

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