PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 4

The following DEP notices were published in the March 4 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities.  Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups

-- Repsol Oil & Gas USA LLC - Johnson K Well Site: DEP received Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with drilling wastewater for a site in Hamilton Twp., Tioga County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1227)

-- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Jones BRA 5H Pad: DEP received Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with drilling wastewater for a site in Standing Stone Twp., Bradford County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1227)

-- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - DPH Well Pad: DEP approved Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with ethylene glycol in Windham Twp., Wyoming County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1230)

-- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Inc - State Line Compressor Station: DEP received Final Report on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with ethylene glycol in Genesee Twp., Potter County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1227)

-- EQT Corporation - Trax Farm Well Pad: DEP received Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, vanadium, zinc, and chloride in Union Twp., Washington County. (PA Bulletin, page 1230)

-- CNX Gas Company LLC - GH 31 Well Pad CMB Water Line: DEP approved Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, and zinc in Center Twp., Greene County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1231)

-- Eco-Energy Philadelphia Ethanol Terminal: DEP approved Remedial Investigation Report/Cleanup Plan on remediation of soil contaminated with benzo(a)pyrene, arsenic, thallium and benzene in City of Philadelphia.  (PA Bulletin, page 1231)

Air Quality Permits

-- Texas Eastern Transmission LP - Transmission Station: DEP approved amended Title V Air Quality Permit for facility in Hanover Twp., Dauphin County. (PA Bulletin, page 1234)

-- Philadelphia Natural Gas Works - Richmond Facility: Philadelphia Air Management Services intends to modify RACT Air Quality Plan for the Richmond Facility, 3100 East Venango Street, Philadelphia. Comments due: April 3.  (PA Bulletin, page 1246)

Chapter 105 Encroachment Permits

-- Equitrans Midstream OPCO LLC - Pipeline Project: DEP invites comments on Chapter 105 permit application for pipeline project affecting 49 acres, with 15 wetland, 10 stream 11 floodway crossings in Franklin Twp., Greene County. (PA Bulletin, page 1211)

-- Cameron Energy Company, LLC - Bridge Project: DEP issued Chapter 105 permit for single span bridge project over Tionesta Creek (High Quality) in Sheffield Twp., Warren County. (PA Bulletin, page 1237)

Erosion & Sedimentation Permits

-- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Elk Lake Stream in Rush Twp., Susquehanna County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1238)

-- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Deer Lick Creek in Rush Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 1238)

-- PA General Energy Co, LLC: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Hackett Fork Creek (Exceptional Value) and Callahan Run (High Quality) in Cummings and McHenry Townships, Lycoming County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1239)

-- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc.: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a pipeline project impacting Kettle Creek (Exceptional Value) and West Branch Susquehanna River in Leidy Twp., Clinton County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1239)

-- ETC Northeast Field Service, LLC: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a pipeline project impacting Pine Run and Crows Run in New Sewickley Twp., Beaver County. (PA Bulletin, page 1239)

-- DTM Appalachia Gathering, LLC: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a pipeline project impacting Muddy Creek in Jefferson Twp., Greene County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1239)

-- CNX Gas Company, LLC: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Short Creek in Morris Twp., Washington County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1239)

-- Apex WML Midstream, LLC: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a pipeline project impacting Turtle Creek in Penn Twp., Westmoreland County.   (PA Bulletin, page 1239)

-- Hyperion Midstream, LLC: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a pipeline project impacting Chartiers Run, Little Pucketa Creek, Pine  Run in Allegheny & Upper Burrell Townships, Westmoreland County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1239)

Oil & Gas Well Drilling Permits [2.24.23]*

-- Last Week - Permits: DEP issued 0 conventional and 24 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Permits: DEP issued 10 conventional and 154 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Wells Drilled: 19 conventional and 75 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Inspections: 2,203 conventional and 3,897 unconventional

-- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 566 conventional and 191 unconventional

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PA DEP Public Notice Dashboards:

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 25 to March 3; More Well Plugging Sites Inspected [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 4 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 4 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

PA Oil & Gas Compliance Reports

-- Feature: 60 Years Of Fracking, 20 Years Of Shale Gas: Pennsylvania’s Oil & Gas Industrial Infrastructure Is Hiding In Plain Sight [PaEN]

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Failed To File Annual Production/Waste Generation Reports For 61,655 Wells; Attorney General Continues Investigation Of Road Dumping Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions  [PaEN]

-- DEP Report Finds: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Routinely Abandon Wells; Fail To Report How Millions Of Gallons Of Waste Is Disposed; And Non-Compliance Is An ‘Acceptable Norm’  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2021 Oil & Gas Program Annual Report Shows Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Received A Record 610 Notices Of Violation For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industry Has Record Year: Cost, Criminal Convictions Up; $3.1 Million In Penalties Collected; Record Number Of Violations Issued; Major Compliance Issues Uncovered; Evidence Of Health Impacts Mounts  [PaEN]

Related Articles This Week:

-- Bay Journal: PA Conventional Gas Wells Routinely Abandoned, Left Unplugged - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: It’s Time To Hear Bold Leadership On Oil & Gas In Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Address - By Melissa Ostroff, EarthWorks, Member Shapiro Transition Team   [PaEN]

-- Better Path Coalition, FracTracker Alliance Release Pennsylvania Is Worth Protecting, A Visual Reminder Of The People, Places & Natural Resources Worth Protecting From Environmental Devastation, Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- Senate Committee Meets March 6 On Bill Prohibiting Elected Officials In Local Governments From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Combat Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- Senate Committee Meets March 8 To Consider Bill Allowing General Assembly To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing [PaEN]

-- Senate Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability: Natural Gas Continues To Have Reliability Problems; Renewables Aren’t Coming Online Fast Enough; Energy Office To Be Proposed  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Smoke Stacks From Closed Hatfield’s Ferry Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolished, Closing Chapter In PA Industrial History In Greene County: ‘I’m Ecstatic. It Was The Dirtiest, Dirtiest Place Ever.  It Put A Blight On Our Community’

-- PJM Interconnection Study Shows Renewable Energy Sources Not Coming Online Fast Enough To Replace Fossil Fuel Plants; Critical Path Analysis Started To Avoid Grid Reliability Risks  [PaEN] 

-- Latest PJM Interconnection Electricity Capacity Auction Shows Price Decrease, But Mixed Results In PA [PaEN] 

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 4th Quarter 2022 Natural Gas Production Decreased 1.6%; Average Price Increased By 82.5% Compared To Last Year [PaEN] 

-- Senate Republicans, 4 Democrats Pass Resolution Urging Restart Of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Abandoned By Company [BTW Not In PA]   [PaEN]

-- Republicans On Senate Committee Report Out Bills On Decommissioning Solar Energy Facilities, Limiting 1 Use Of PFAS Chemicals, Resolution Calling For Restart Of Keystone XL Pipeline  [PaEN]

-- Solar United Neighbors Helping Lancaster Residents Harvest Sunshine With New Solar Co-Op  [PaEN] 

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Natural Gas Pipelines Can Secure Our Energy And Economic Future - By Republican Sen. Bartolotta  [DEP hasn’t denied any pipeline permits in PA, But they are the most heavily penalized for violations of any industry in PA history]

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts March 8 Webinar On Renewable Natural Gas  [PaEN]

[Posted: March 3, 2023]  PA Environment Digest