PA Environment Digest Blog: Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.8.22

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Senate returns to voting session January 3, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31

House returns to voting session January 3 [Democrats, Republicans Fighting Over Schedule]

TODAY 9:00: In-Person/Virtual. Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. Susquehanna A & B, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 919 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m. to Noon. [Note: Update on new Stormwater Manual, Manure Management Manual, Farm Inspection Program, more.]

FRIDAY 9:00: In-Person, Virtual. Agenda Posted. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting. Contact: John Chippo, jchippo@pa.gov, 717-783-9730. (formal notice) [Note: Update on Three Mile Island decommissioning other issues.]

FRIDAY 8:30: Women For A Healthy Environment Online PA Healthy School Summit - Recharging For A New Era In Environmental Health. 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking [PaEN]

-- AP: Delaware River Basin Commission Limits Fracking Waste In Delaware River Watershed

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Delaware River Basin Commission Bans Fracking Wastewater From Watershed

-- WHYY: Delaware River Basin Commission Votes To Ban Fracking Wastewater Discharges

-- Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health News: Waste From 8 PA Shale Gas Drilling Sites Using PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Shipped To At Least 97 Sites For Reuse And Disposal [23 Million Gallons Of Waste, 30,390 Tons Of Solid Waste]

-- PUC Meets Dec. 8 On Whether To Refund Sunoco Pipeline $48,000 For A Penalty It Paid For Mariner East Pipeline Construction Violations [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh Now Accepting Submissions For Sustainability Challenge, $300,000 To Be Given To Implement Winning Proposal [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Giant Windmill Blades Being Stored In Erie For New York Windmill Farm

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia-based Vanguard Quits Clean Energy Group After 13 Republican States Complain

-- DCNR Blog: Gaining Leadership Skills With Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps - Now Hiring - By: Bri Geiner, Crew Member, 2022 Harrisburg Young Adult Crew [PaEN]