The Department of Environmental Protection posted a note on its Shell Petrochemical Plant webpage that on July 2 DEP determined the Title V Air Quality Permit Application submitted by Shell is administratively complete and the application was posted on DEP's website.

DEP will now publish a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin announcing it has received the permit application which will begin an initial 30 day public comment period and DEP’s review of the application.

Shell submitted the application on June 19 as a result of a request from DEP on February 22 to submit a full Title V permit.  Read more here.

On May 25, DEP published notice in the PA Bulletin it extended Shell’s three temporary Air Quality Construction Permits now covering the facility until the full Title V Operating Permit is issued by DEP.  (PA Bulletin, page 2895)     Read more here.

For more information on the facility, visit DEP’s Shell Petrochemical Plant Facility webpage.

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(Photo: Shell Petrochemical Plant.)

Resource Links - Shell:

-- DEP Notified Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County It Can No Longer Operate Under An Air Quality Construction Permit And Has 120 Days To Submit A Full Title V Air Quality Permit Application  [PaEN]

-- DEP Extends Temporary Air Quality Permits For Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Shell Said It Will Submit Full Title V Air Permit Application By June 21 Deadline  [PaEN]

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-- DEP Approves Final Land Recycling Cleanup Report For Shell Petrochemical Plant Site In Beaver County  [PaEN]

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-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 29 to July 5 - Lots Of Conventional Wells Venting Gas; 12 + 6 More Abandoned Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

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

-- DEP Posted 53 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 6 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

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-- PublicSource.org: July 9 Learn The Story Behind The Story - EQT's Gas Play In Pennsylvania, West Virginia  [PaEN]

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-- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Title V Air Quality Permit Application Complete, Now Posted On DEP's Website; Comment Period Opening Soon  [PaEN]

-- DEP Approves Final Land Recycling Cleanup Report For Shell Petrochemical Plant Site In Beaver County  [PaEN]

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[Posted: July 5, 2024]

7/8/2024