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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 15

The following notices were published in the February 15 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

-- The Governor’s Office published an updated agency-by-agency Regulatory Agenda in the February 15 PA Bulletin that lists regulations in development, an estimated schedule of consideration and opportunities for public comments. Read more here.

For DEP, the Agenda includes a proposed regulation establishing an annual permit fee for shale gas wells [Read more here] and updated waste management regulations covering conventional oil and gas operations [Read more here].

Also included is an update of the Residual Waste Coproduct regulations to “ensure that the efficacy of a waste for a particular use and the consistency of the process” are demonstrated as part of the coproduct determination. Read more here.

-- The Susquehanna River Basin Commission published notice in the February 15 PA Bulletin announcing its next business meeting on March 13 to consider water withdrawal requests-- including six shale gas development withdrawals-- a new general permit for into basin diversions of water and other agenda items. Read more here.

-- DEP published notice in the February 15 PA Bulletin announcing a March 20 hearing on a new NPDES Water Quality Permit for the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver Township. Read more here.

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups

-- EQT Corporation - Kentor Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater (aluminum, barium, boron chloride, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, zinc) to meet the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Center Twp., Greene County. (PA Bulletin, page 1590)

2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups

So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 19 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups.

Air Quality Permits - Comments

-- Constellation Energy Generation LLC - Eddystone Gas/Oil Power Plant: DEP invites comments on the renewal of a Title V Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Eddystone Boro, Delaware County. (PA Bulletin, page 1556)

-- Hamilton Liberty LLC - Gas-Fired Power Plant: DEP invites comments on an Air Quality Plan Approval for changes to the facility resulting in a 36 MW increase in generating capacity for the facility located in Asylum Twp., Bradford County. (PA Bulletin, page 1558)

Air Quality Permits - Issued

-- MarkWest Liberty - Bluestone Natural Gas Processing Plant: DEP issued a 6-month extension of the plan approval to allow DEP more time to inspect the facility to determine plan approval compliance at the facility located in Jackson Twp., Butler County. Received Jan. 28, Issued Jan. 31. (PA Bulletin, page 1592)

-- Range Resources - Orenchuk Russell Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP issued a de minimis increase in air emissions covering multiple sources of air pollution under a GP-5A General Air Quality Permit at the facility located in Jefferson Twp., Washington County. Received Dec. 13, Authorized Jan. 27. (PA Bulletin, page 1594)

NPDES Water Quality Permits - Comments

-- Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP - Maven Terminal: DEP invites comments on the renewal of an NPDES Water Quality Permit for the facility located in East Whiteland Twp., Chester County. (PA Bulletin, page 1540)

Chapter 105 Encroachment Permits

-- Blackhill Energy LLC - 12-Inch Steel & 16-Inch Plastic Natural Gas Pipelines: DEP invites comments on a Chapter 105 permit for the project impacting wetlands located in Springfield Twp. Bradford County. (PA Bulletin, page 1570)

Erosion & Sedimentation Permits - Issued

-- EQM Gathering OPCO LLC - NITMS026 Pipeline: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for the pipeline project impacting Laurel Run and Sugar Run located in Franklin Twp., Greene County. Received Oct. 15, Issued Jan. 28. (PA Bulletin, page 1597)

-- EQM Gathering OPCO LLC - PATMNG132 Pipeline: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for the pipeline project impacting Roberts Run and Rudolph Run located in Wayne Twp., Greene County. Received Dec. 5, Issued Jan. 29. (PA Bulletin, page 1597)

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources LLC - Ralph Miller Pipeline: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a pipeline project impacting Raccoon Creek located in Independence Twp., Beaver County. Received Nov. 5, Issued Jan. 29. (PA Bulletin, page 1597)

Oil & Gas Well Drilling Permits [2.7.25]*

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

-- Year To Date - Permits: DEP issued 3 conventional and 62 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Wells Drilled: 8 conventional and 36 unconventional

*Weekly Workload Report - 2.7.25

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Act 14 Notices To Municipalities

Many communities and citizens are not aware that a state law passed in 1984 gives them the first chance to comment on Department of Environmental Protection permit applications even before they are submitted to the agency. Read more here.

PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 25 to Feb. 14 - Shale Gas Well Ordered Plugged After 8 Years; 20 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Shale Gas Well Leaking Gas For 23 Months And Counting [PaEN]

-- DEP: Southwestern Energy Prod Co. Failed To Comply With Act 2 Cleanup Standards At The Greenzweig Shale Gas Wastewater Impoundment In Bradford County After 5 Years [PaEN]

-- DEP Signs Consent Order With Roulette Oil & Gas To Plug Shale Gas Well Abandoned For 8 Years In Hebron Twp., Potter County [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 8 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 15 [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold March 11 Hearing On Air Quality Application For MarkWest Liberty Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County

-- DEP Posted 100 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In February 8 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 86 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In February 15 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Related Articles This Week:

-- Washington County Judge Rules Sunoco Pipeline Did Not Have Eminent Domain Authority To Take Property For Mariner East Pipelines In Landowner Lawsuit Alleging Fraud [PaEN]

-- CNX CEO Tells DEP’s Citizens Council Their Monitoring Shows ‘No Material Impact’ To Air Or Water Quality From Natural Gas Development; Citizens Said CNX Lacks Scientific Rigor, Offers Misleading Greenwash [PaEN]