The following DEP notices were published in the March 16 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities.  Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published a notice in the March 16 PA Bulletin saying it issued a deficiency letter to the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County on February 6, 2024 which said a Final Report Shell submitted under the Act 2 Land Recycling Program "did not demonstrate attainment of the Statewide Health and Site-Specific cleanup standards.”  (PA Bulletin, page 1412)

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission published notice in the March 16 PA Bulletin its Executive Director gave his approval to 30 water use general permits for individual shale gas well drilling pads in Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming counties.  Read more here.

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups

-- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Kingsley Shale Gas Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with lube oil to meet the Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Monroe Twp., Bradford County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1409)

-- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Shumburst Shale Gas Pad:  DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with drilling wastewater to the Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Tuscarora Twp., Bradford County.   (PA Bulletin, page 1409)

-- Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC - Cornwall Mountain Shale Gas Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated by drilling wastewater to the Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Lewis Twp., Centre County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1410)

-- Inflection Energy (PA) LLC - Reynolds Wastewater Release: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated by drilling wastewater to Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Gamble Twp., Lycoming County. (PA Bulletin, page 1410)

-- Leatherwood LLC - Hopkins Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, chloride, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, and zinc to the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Morris Twp., Greene County. (PA Bulletin, page 1410)

-- Penneco Oil Company, Inc. - Pettit #6 Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with cenaphthene, anthracene, benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b)- fluoranthene, benzo(g,h,i)perylene, biphenyl, chrysene, fluoranthene, fluorene, indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, 2-methyl- aphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene, benzene, sec-butyl-benzene, tert-butylbenzene, cyclohexane, ethylbenzene, isopropyl benzene (cumene), naphthalene, toluene, 1,2,4- trimethylbenzene, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, xylene, and phenolics to the Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Richhill Twp., Greene County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1410)

-- Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery: DEP approved a Remedial Investigation Report on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with lead and petroleum hydrocarbons to the Site-Specific Standards for the facility located at 3144 Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia.  (PA Bulletin, page 1412)

-- Shell Chemical Appalachia, LLC - Former Horsehead Corp. facility, now the Shell Petrochemical plant: DEP issued a deficiency letter on February 6, 2024 on the Final Report demonstrating  remediation of soil and groundwater contamination met  Statewide Health and Site-Specific Standards for the facility located in Potter Township, Beaver County.  Shell will now have the opportunity to respond to the deficiencies. (PA Bulletin, page 1412).

2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups

So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 74 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to 74 oil and gas facility site cleanups.

Waste Permits

-- Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC - Lardintown Road Wastewater Storage Facility: DEP issued a WMGR123 Residual Waste General permit for a wastewater storage facility located in Fawn Twp., Allegheny County. (PA Bulletin, page 1413).

Air Quality Permits

-- Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC - Godwin George Shale Gas Well Site: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval to continue operation of multiple air pollution sources at the well pad located in Cross Roads Borough, Washington County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1413).

-- EQM Gathering Opco, LLC - White’s Ridge Dehydration Station: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval to construct multiple sources of air pollution at the facility located in Waynesburg  Borough, Greene County. (PA Bulletin, page 1413)

-- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. - Tioga Compressor Station: DEP issued Air Quality Plan Approval for the operation of air pollution control equipment to meet RACT III requirements for the facility located in Farmington Twp., Tioga County. (PA Bulletin, page 1414)

-- GROWS Landfill - Enclosed Gas Flare: DEP issued an extension of its Air Quality approval to demonstrate compliance with sulfur oxide limits for the facility located in Falls Twp., Bucks County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1414)

-- Terreva Renewable Energy, LLC - Landfill Gas Facility: DEP extended its Air Quality approval for its shakedown operation of air pollution sources at the facility located in Wayne Twp., Clinton County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1414)

-- American Refining Group, Inc. - Refinery: DEP extended its Air Quality Plan Approval to allow the facility to continue shakedown activities for the refinery located in Bradford, McKean County. (PA Bulletin, page 1414)

-- PEI Power, LLC - Gas-Fired Power Plant: DEP renewed the Title V Air Quality permit for the facility located in Archbald Borough, Lackawanna County.   (PA Bulletin, page 1415)

Water Management Plan

-- Penn Energy Resources, LLC - Big Sewickley Creek: DEP approved a Water Management Plan authorizing the withdrawal of up to 1.5 million gallons of water per day from Big Sewickley Creek in Economy Borough, Beaver County.   (PA Bulletin, page 1424)

NPDES Stormwater Permits

-- Peoples Natural Gas Co. LLC - Gas Pipeline Replacement: DEP invites comments on an NPDES Stormwater Permit for a gas pipeline replacement project located in Salem Twp., Greene County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1376)

Chapter 105 Encroachment Permits

-- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - Water Pipeline: DEP invites comments on Chapter 105 permit for a 16-inch temporary water pipeline to be located in Wysox Twp., Bradford County.   (PA Bulletin, page 1388)

-- Texas Eastern Transmission, LP: DEP issued a Chapter 105 permit to repair “anomalies” along the 30-inch Line 19 natural gas pipeline in Washington Twp., Berks County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1422)

-- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc.: DEP issued a Chapter 105 permit for a pipeline culvert replacement and landslide remediation project in Kiskiminetas Twp., Armstrong County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1423)

Erosion & Sedimentation Permits

-- Coterra Energy, Inc.: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting East Branch Creek and Beebe Creek located in Bridgewater Twp., Susquehanna County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1418)

-- Coterra Energy, Inc. - Pipeline:  DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a pipeline project impacting Hop Bottom Creek and Martins Creek in Brooklyn and Lathrop Townships, Susquehanna County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1419)

-- Seneca Resources Co., LLC: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Elk Fork (Exceptional Value) and Indian Camp Run (Exceptional Value) located in Shippen Twp., Cameron County. (PA Bulletin, page 1419)

-- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Wysox Creek located in Orwell Twp., Bradford County. (PA Bulletin, page 1419)

-- Williams Field Services Co., LLC: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Bear Swamp Creek located in Gibson Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 1419)

-- Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc.: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Dry Run in Fannett Twp., Franklin County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1419)

-- EQT Prod Co. - More Cowbell Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for the pad project impacting Little Shannon Run and Shannon Run located in Perry Twp., Greene County. (PA Bulletin, page 1419)

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-- Last Week - Permits: DEP issued 4 conventional and 11 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Permits: DEP issued 39 conventional and 115 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Wells Drilled: 19 conventional and 78 unconventional

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PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 9 to 15  - Home Explosion; 140 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Methane In Water Supply; Porcupine Causes Wastewater Spill  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 16 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 76  Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 16 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Related Articles - Gas:

-- Shapiro Marks Plugging 200th Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well: These Companies Will Do Anything To Avoid Paying For Plugging; It’s Not Okay Some In The Legislature Are Shielding Them; Text Well Locations  [PaEN]

-- DEP Cites Conventional Oil & Gas Well Operators For Abandoning, Not Plugging 140 More Wells Last Week; Total Now 380 Wells This Year  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Will Not Be Eligible For New Methane Reduction Well Plugging Grants If They Are Not In Compliance With State Law, Regulations  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Violation To Blackhill Energy, LLC Shale Gas Driller For Contaminating Groundwater, 3 Water Supplies With Methane In Springfield Twp., Bradford County  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick: Public Utility Commission Starts Investigation Into Possible Order For Another Utility To Permanently Acquire Venango Water Company Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Spill [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Violation To CNX Gas Company For Withdrawing Over 1.8 Million Gallons Of Water For Fracking For 22 Days Without Permission [PaEN]

NewsClips - Gas:

-- WVIA: Frustrated With Water Polluted By Shale Gas Drilling, Dimock, Susquehanna County Residents Confront Governor At Clean Energy Announcement In Scranton

-- TribLive: ‘Complete Devastation:’ Crescent Fire Chief Confirms 2 Dead In Another Allegheny House Explosion; Gas Well, Propane On The Property 

-- TribLive: Friends, Neighbors Remember Victims Of Crescent Twp. House Explosion In Allegheny County

-- TribLive: Crescent House Explosion Marks 3rd In Western PA Since Summer

-- WPXI: DEP Acknowledges Presence Of Unregistered Conventional Gas Wells Near Site Of Tuesday Explosion

-- KDKA: Fmr DEP Officials Says It’s ‘Nearly Impossible’ To Identify All Unregistered Conventional Gas Wells

-- WTAE: Firefighters Return To Scene Of Crescent House Explosion After Fire Rekindles

-- WTAE: Crescent Twp. Police Thank Columbia Gas Worker Who Rushed To Shut Off Gas On Scene Of Home Explosion

-- WPXI: Peoples Natural Gas Pipeline Has Been Leaking Gas Since October In Verona, Allegheny County

-- Scranton Times: Gas Leak Evacuates Downtown Olyphant For 2 Hours In Lackawanna County

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Natural Gas Is A Winner For Pennsylvania And The Whole Country - By Dan Weaver, PA Independent Oil & Gas Association

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Environmentalists Clash With Gov. Shapiro At Hydrogen Energy Meeting In Northeast Philly

-- Inside Climate News: Delaware RiverKeeper, Activists Want More Public Participation In Proposed Hydrogen Hub In Southeastern PA

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Gas Driller To Acquire Equitrans Midstream [Mountain Valley Pipeline; Cambria County 1.1 Billion Cubic Foot Gas Leak; Abandoned Wells; PA Criminal Charges]

-- Reuters: Owner Of Louisiana LNG Gas Export Facility Under Construction Asks FERC To Keep Documents Confidential Related To Startup And Repairs

-- Reuters: Chinese Company Wants Say In Louisiana LNG Gas Export Facility Permit Extension

[Posted: March 15, 2024] 

3/18/2024