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Posted on November 11, 2022
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FERC is taking public comments on the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) until 5:00pm ET on November 21, 2022 Mike Tony reports in the October 26, 2022 Charleston Gazette-Mail: Equitrans LP, subsidiary of Mountain Valley Pipeline lead developer Equitrans Midstream Corp., has proposed construction… Continue Reading “Proposed Pipeline Expansion in WV, Ohio & PA – Comment Period Open”
Category: Pennsylvania, PipelinesTags: air pollution, carbon dioxide, compressor stations, Corona Compressor Station, Cygrymus Compressor Station, Equitrans, Equitrans LP, forest fragmentation, formaldehyde, methane, Mountain Valley Pipeline, NOx, Ohio, Ohio Valley Connector Expansion, particulate matter, Pennsylvania, pipeline, pipelines, Plasma Compressor Station, PM10, PM2.5, trees removed, VOC, West Virginia
Posted on November 6, 2022
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Funding came partly from federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Reid Frazier reports on November 4, 2022 in StateImpact Pennsylvania: EPA awards $4 million for new air monitoring in Pa. environmental justice areas The grants will pay for 11 projects around the state, totaling $4.27… Continue Reading “EPA awards $4 million for new air monitoring in Pennsylvania”
Category: Air pollution, air quality, Allegheny County PA, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, DEP violations, EPA, fossil fuels, gas infrastructure, Marcellus shale, natural gas, Ohio River Valley, Oil and Gas, Pennsylvania, Petrochemicals, Pittsburgh International Airport - PIT, Shell Cracker Plant, SW Pennsylvania, U.S. Climate Legislation, Washington County PATags: air emissions, air inversions, air pollution, air quality, air quality monitoring, Allentown, Burgettstown, Clairton, compressor stations, Delaware County, EJ, emissions, EPA, EPA Region III, FracTracker, GASP, MarkWest, New Castle County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ProtectPT, Revolution Gas Plant, Smith Township, Washington County Pennsylvania
Posted on October 9, 2022
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The following DEP notices were published in the October 8 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industrial facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog | October 7, 2022 Note: Land… Continue Reading “PA DEP Public Notices – Oil and Gas Industrial Facilities”
Category: PA oil and gas notices, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania BulletinTags: Bradford County, Butler County, compressor stations, Greene County, jefferson County, Lancaster County, McKean County, Pennsylvania DEP, Susquehanna County, unconventional wells, Washington County, Westmoreland County, Wyoming County
Posted on October 6, 2022
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The following DEP and Susquehanna River Basin Commission notices were published in the October 1 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industrial facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Compiled by David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog… Continue Reading “Oil and Gas Facility Public Notices in PA”
Category: PA oil and gas notices, PennsylvaniaTags: air quality, Allegheny County, Armstrong County, Beaver County, Berks County, Bradford County, compressor stations, drilling, Elk County, encroachment permits, erosion and sedimentation, fracking, gas processing, gas wells, Greene County, hydraulic fracturing, Marcellus Shale, McKean County, methane, oil and gas, pipelines, SHELL, SRBC, Susquehanna County, Susquehanna River, Tioga County, Washington County, water withdrawal, Westmoreland County, Wyoming County
Posted on September 17, 2022
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“Catholic nuns fought pipeline on their Lancaster County land. Now, citing religious freedom, they seek damages in court.” According to a September 15, 2022 story by Susan Phillips on StateImpact Pennsylvania, The Adorers of the Blood of Christ say Transco’s Atlantic Sunrise natural gas… Continue Reading “Religious Freedom from a Pennsylvania Pipeline”
Category: climate change, Pennsylvania, PipelinesTags: Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, bentonite, CACP, compressor stations, drilling fluids, E&S, fossil fuels, Lancaster County, Marcellus Shale, NEPA, oil and gas, PA DEP, Shamokin Creek, Susquehanna County
Posted on September 12, 2022
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September 10, 2022 news headlines spelled it out: “The latest work unveils this mechanism through a series of meticulous experiments showing that cells carrying dormant mutations can turn cancerous when exposed to PM2.5 particles. The pollutant is the equivalent of the ignition spark on… Continue Reading “STUDY: Fossil Fuel Pollution Likely Accelerates Lung Cancer”
Category: Fracking Health Risks, Washington County PATags: asthma, asthmatic children, compressor stations, diesel fumes, diesel trucking, health study, hydraulic fracturing, lung cancer, Marcellus Shale, oil and gas, particulate pollution, Pittsburgh, PM10, PM2.5, shale gas infrastructure
Posted on August 12, 2022
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An August 10, 2022 story by Zachary Mider on Bloomberg, Methane ‘Loophole’ Shows Risk of Gaming New US Climate Bill points out how “several energy companies have adopted an unorthodox interpretation of EPA rules to slash their reported methane emissions.” “An unorthodox reading of a single word… Continue Reading “TODAY’S FOCUS: Range Resources Methane Reporting”
Category: methaneTags: compressor stations, Congress, drilling, EPA, fracking, Inflation Reduction Act, legislation, Marcellus Shale, methane emissions, methane reporting, natural gas, Range Resources Appalachia, US House of Representatives
Posted on July 4, 2022
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One of the major U.S. hubs for LNG processing, storage and pipeline transportation is located at the center of Marcellus Shale country in western Pennsylvania near Houston, Washington County, Pennsylvania. The hub began with the construction of MarkWest’s cryogenic gas plant, which also includes… Continue Reading “Bottom of the LNG Chain – Independence from Meaningful Taxes”
Category: gas infrastructure, LNG, Oil & Gas county taxes, PennsylvaniaTags: Chartiers Township, compressor stations, county taxes, cryogenic gas plant, ethane, gas liquids, Houston PA, LNG, natural gas, oil and gas revenues, pipelines, tank farm, Washington County Pennsylvania
Posted on July 2, 2022
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Today’s Pennsylvania Bulletin includes an “Intent to Issue an Operating Permit under the Air Pollution Control Act” for the Welling Compressor Station at 165 Carlisle Road, Claysville, PA 15323. The Welling is one of the largest compressor stations in our county, one of over… Continue Reading “AIR POLLUTION: Welling Compressor Station in Washington County, PA”
Category: air quality, gas infrastructureTags: asthma, benzene, Buffalo Township, climate change, Code Orange, compressor stations, ethylbenzene, formaldehyde, fossil fuels, HAPs, methane, midstream, natural gas, NOx, ozone, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania DEP, pipelines, PM10, shale gas, SOx, toluene, VOCs, Washington County, Welling Compressor Station, xylenes
Posted on June 3, 2022
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Yesterday, Pennsylvania Senators Katie Muth and Jim Brewster hosted a public hearing in Monroeville, PA: “Pennsylvania’s Shale Gas Boom: How Policy Decisions Failed to Protect Public Health and What We Can Do to Correct It.” Watch the 2 hour and 44 minute hearing video… Continue Reading “Fracking Public Health and Policy in Pennsylvania”
Category: Marcellus shale, PennsylvaniaTags: Alison Steele, Brian Schwartz, Cathy Lodge, centralized impoundment dams, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, compressor stations, cryogenic plants, DOH, drilling, EHP, EIP, ethane, fracking, fugitive emissions, gas processing, gas wells, Gasland, Geisinger Health, Gillian Graber, Harrisburg, hydraulic fracturing, Jay Costa, Jim Brewster, Katie Muth, Lisa Graves-Marcucci, LNG, methane emissions, oil and gas, Pennsylvania DEP, Pennsylvania Legislature, pig launchers, pipelines, propane, Protect PT, public health, public policy, Ra226, shale waste, Smith Township, Washington County, well pads