March 12 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The March 12 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

PUC Orders Shutdown Of Mariner East 1 Pipeline After Sinkholes Expose Bare Pipeline In Chester County

Sinkholes In Chester County Blamed On Mariner East 2 Pipeline, Exposed Portion Of Operating Mariner East 1 Pipeline

DEP Sets 3 Public Hearings On Proposed Shell Ethane Pipeline In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties

DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Water Quality Certification For Natural Gas Pipelines Under I-79 In Allegheny County

2018 Appalachian Trail Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced

Vote Now! Pittsburgh Landforce Restores Land, Builds Skills, Gets People Off Public Assistance

PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Committee Meets March 16 To Hear Draft Pollution Reduction Targets, Ways To Achieve Reductions

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Gov’s Schedule/ Bills Introduced

House Committee To Consider Bills March 13 Taking Permit Reviews Away From DEP, Waive Penalties, Create Office of The Repealer

PA Clean Transportation Infrastructure Bill To Be Considered By House Committee March 12

House Committee To Consider Microgrids Proposal March 12

[ The Feds ]

Op-Ed: Tap Federal AML Fund For Coal Country Land, Water Restoration, There Is No Excuse

[ Water ]

Gov. Wolf Requests Federal Disaster Declaration For Flood, Mudslide Damage In Fayette County

Trout Unlimited: Measuring Success In The West Branch Susquehanna Watershed

DEP: Jeansville Mine Fire On Track To Be Fully Extinguished In Carbon County

Opportunity To Bid On DEP Abandoned Mine Projects in Carbon/Luzerne, Cambria Counties

Philadelphia Cobbs Creek Watershed Stewardship Program Now Accepting Applications

DEP Blog: Sharing A Love For Engineering At Kinzua Bridge State Park Student Program

Partnership For The Delaware Estuary 2017 Annual Report Now Available

Lehigh Valley Watershed Issues Listening Session To Convene March 12 In Bethlehem

Schuylkill River Recreation Summit March 16 In Valley Forge, Montgomery County

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Save The Bay Photo Contest Entries Due April 6

NRCS-PA Offers Renewal Options For Expiring Farm Conservation Stewardship Contracts

DEP Invites Comments On Guidance To Implement Act 26 On Alternative Onlot Septic Systems

DEP, Local Officials Tour Upgraded Water Treatment Plan In Dauphin County

Pittsburgh Student Alexander Grattan Wins High School Category Of One Earth Film Festival

[ Waste ]

PRC: 2018 Schedule Of Drug Take-Back, Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical, Reuse Fest Events In Western PA

[ Energy ]

DEP, Local Officials Celebrate Arrival Of Pollution-Reducing CNG Buses At River Valley Transit In Lycoming County

PA Chapter Of The Assn Of Royalty Owners Meets March 21-23 In State College

Finding PA's Solar Future Stakeholder Group Offers Comments On Draft Plan

[ Air Quality ]

DEP Sets April 9 Hearing On Amending PA’s Air Quality Plan To Eliminate The Low-RVP Gasoline Requirement In The Pittsburgh Region

Clean Air Council Gives EPA Notice Of Intent To Sue For Failure To Hold Allegheny County Accountable For Air Permit Program Deficiencies

Clean Air: Managing Contaminants In Indoor Spaces, Mitigating Impacts Of Air Pollution Workshop In Pittsburgh March 15

DEP Notifies Homeowners In Targeted High Radon Areas In 5 Counties, Offers Free Tests

EPA Acts To Reduce Manganese Emissions From S.H. Bell Plant On PA-Ohio Border

[ Laboratories ]

DEP Imposes $600,000 Penalty On Eurofins QC Lab For Water Testing Violations

[ Sustainability ]

Sustainable Pittsburgh: Building (Or Rebuilding) Communities And Including Every Generation Webinar March 14

[ Parks - Forests - Land Conservation ]

DCNR Announces Award Of $425,700 In ATV Trail, Facility Grants

DCNR Plans White-Water Release Into Tohickon Creek For Boating Event In Bucks County

Reminder: Deadline For DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grants April 11

Good Natured Blog: DCNR To Release Climate Mitigation, Adaptation Plan This Spring

March 7 DCNR Resource Newsletter Now Available

Central PA Conservancy Acquires Watercress Farm At Letort Spring Run Headwaters In Cumberland County

[ Wildlife ]

PennFuture Opposes General Assembly's Attempt To Oust Fish & Boat Commission Executive Director

Brodhead Chapter Trout Unlimited To Honor John Arway With Lifetime Achievement Award March 23 In Monroe County

Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Vote For Your Favorite Bald Eagle Photo

Abnormal Shell Shapes In Northern Map Turtles Of The Juniata River

[ Personnel ]

Namsoo S. Suk, Ph.D. To Lead DRBC Science And Water Quality Management

Help Wanted: Lacawac Sanctuary Summer Camp Counselors

Help Wanted: PA Conservation District Assn Program Manager, Leadership Development Program Coordinator

[ Helpful Resources ]

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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PA Environment Digest is edited by David E. Hess, former Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.  He can be contacted at 717-576-0420 or send email to: DHess@CrisciAssociates.com.

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