The Department of Environmental Protection published notices in the January 6 PA Bulletin announcing it has received Act 2 Land Recycling Program brownfield cleanup reports for two refinery sites in Southeast PA--

-- Monroe Energy, LLC - Trainer Refinery Tank 95: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with crude oil at the facility located in Trainer Borough, Delaware County.  (PA Bulletin, page 53)

The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet statewide health standards.

For more information, contact DEP Southeast Region: Environmental Cleanup & Brown- fields Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, 484-250-5900 or Charline Bass, Administrative Assistant, 484- 250-5787.

-- Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery: DEP received a Remedial Investigation Report on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with lead and petroleum at the facility located at 3144 Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia.  (PA Bulletin, page 53)

The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the site-specific cleanup standard.

For more information, contact DEP Southeast Region: Environmental Cleanup & Brown- fields Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, 484-250-5900 or Charline Bass, Administrative Assistant, 484-250-5787.

Visit DEP’s Land Recycling Program webpage to learn more about this program.

For more information on environmental programs in Pennsylvania, visit DEP’s website, Report Emergencies, Submit Environmental Complaints; Click Here to sign up for DEP’s newsletter; sign up for DEP’s eNotice; visit DEP’s Blog,  Like DEP on Facebook, Follow DEP on Twitter and visit DEP’s YouTube Channel.

PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 30 to Jan. 3 - Saga Of Plugging Nancy 13; Conventional Well Emission Offsets; Venting Since June; Still No Well Integrity Reports  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industry Compliance So Far In 2023 - It Isn’t Pretty   [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - January 6  [PaEN]

-- DEP Disapproves Land Recycling Risk Assessment For Dozens Of Chemicals At American Refining Group Refinery In Bradford, McKean County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Reviewing Act 2 Cleanup Reports For Trainer Refinery, Delaware County; Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 49 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 6 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Related Articles This Week:

-- DEP: Shale Gas Operator Found Responsible For Water Supply Contamination After Investigation Documents Chemical Contamination Spread Across 3 Townships In Greene County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Accepting Project Applications For $5 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Beaver County Environmental Mitigation Community Fund  [PaEN]

-- Zefiro Methane Corp To Begin Monitoring Abandoned Conventional Wells For Plugging To Create Emission Offsets [PaEN]

-- Saga Continues For DEP Trying To Get A Conventional Operator To Plug Warren County Well Venting Gas Since At Least 2018  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension To Host Jan. 18 Webinar On Unlocking The Power Of Hydrogen  [PaEN]

-- PJM Urges United Action To Sustain Grid Reliability Through The Energy Transition, Avoid Unreliability Issues Of Natural Gas, Other Generators  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Fracked Up Greene County Water - Shale Gas Operator Found Responsible For Water Supply Contamination

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro Has Done An About-Face On Fracking By Aligning Himself With CNX After Charging Them With Environmental Crimes - By Karen Elias, Climate Reality Project, Better Path Coalition

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Frack History - The Massive Dunkard Creek Fish Kill 

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Dunkard Creek Fishkill In Greene County Caused By Consol Mine Discharge [Video]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Celebrating EPA’s New Safeguards To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil and Gas Facilities - By Vanessa Lynch, Moms Clean Air Force

-- TribLive: Lack Of Snow, Rainfall Factors In Declining Beaver Run Reservoir Levels In Westmoreland; Natural Gas Drillers Prohibited From Withdrawing Water

-- TribLive: 4 Mile Long Diesel Fuel Spill Shuts Down Route 66 From Apollo To Vandergrift In Westmoreland County

-- Post-Gazette: Casey Says Proposed DOE Rule Could Hurt Efforts To Develop Hydrogen Industry In PA

-- The Allegheny Front: Proposed Federal Hydrogen Tax Credit Rules Could Be Worth Billions For Projects, Including Those In PA 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Diversified Energy Sells Unknown Number Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In PA, WV, OH

-- WSJ: Southwestern Energy, Chesapeake Energy Natural Gas Producers Near $17 Billion Merger

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Peoples Natural Gas Asks Regulators For Rate Increases For All Customers

-- Reuters: US DOE Approves $189 Million Loan For Real-time Methane Oil And Gas Facility Monitoring Network In Permian Basin

-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Producers Seek To Balance Production Cuts, Demand Rebound

-- Bloomberg: A No-Show Winter Is Upending The US Natural Gas Market Pulling Down Prices By About 35%

-- WSJ: US Shale Drillers Keeping World Awash In Oil, Natural Gas As Conflicts Abound

-- E&E News Energy Wire: 4 Oil And Gas Issues To Watch In 2024

[Posted: January 6, 2024]

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