PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - October 14

The following DEP notices were published in the October 14 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities.  Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

-- The Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a November 14 hearing on a proposed RACT III Air Quality Permit for the Energy Transfer Marcus Hook Terminal in Delaware County.

The Marcus Hook Terminal is a hub for the transportation, storage and shipment of natural gas liquids coming through the Mariner East Pipelines.  The facility is located in an environmental justice area.  (PA Bulletin, page 6496)  Read more here.

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups

-- EQT Corporation - Master Splinter Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with chloride, aluminum, barium, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, boron, zinc, and iron for the pad located in Somerset Twp., Washington County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6517) 

-- Penneco Oil Company, Inc. - Swianteck #3 Conventional Well: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, chloride, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, and zinc for the well pad located in Perry Twp., Fayette County.   (PA Bulletin, page 6517) 

-- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - Floydie 22HC Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater for the well pad located in Tuscarora Twp., Bradford County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6518) 

Storage Tank Corrective Action Reports

-- Oxford Fuels - Storage Tank: DEP disapproved a Remediation Action Completion Report on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with unleaded gasoline for a facility located in Oxford Borough, Chester County. (PA Bulletin, page 6528) 

-- Rest Star Express - Storage Tank: DEP disapproved A Remedial Action Plan for remediation of oil and groundwater contaminated with diesel fuel and gasoline for a facility located in Leetsdale Borough, Allegheny County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6528) 

-- Sunoco - Storage Tank: DEP disapproved a Remediation Action Completion Report for remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with unleaded gasoline for a facility located in Harrison Twp., Allegheny County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6528) 

-- AT&T Corporation - Storage Tank Closure-In-Place Variance: DEP issued a closure-in-place variance for two underground storage tanks for a facility located in Philadelphia. (PA Bulletin, page 6529) 

-- American Refining Group, Inc. - Storage Tank Containment Permeability Variance: DEP issued a variance to replace one issued on August 19, 2023 related to excluding 13 aboveground storage tanks from certain emergency containment structure permeability requirements for the facility located in Bradford, McKean County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6529) 

Air Quality Permits

-- Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals, LP - Marcus Hook Terminal: DEP invites comments on a RACT 3 Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County.  Nov. 14 hearing scheduled.  (PA Bulletin, page 6496)  Read more here.

-- Peoples Natural Gas - Roaring Run Compressor Station: DEP issued a State Only Air Quality Permit covering multiple air pollution resources at the facility located in Kiskiminetas Twp., Armstrong County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6519) 

-- Graymont (PA), Inc. - Natural Gas Facility: DEP authorized de minimis increases in emissions from multiple air pollution sources at the facility located in Spring Twp., Centre County.   (PA Bulletin, page 6520) 

Waste Permits

-- SWN Production Company, LLC - Warner Water Transfer Facility: DEP issued a determination of applicability for a WMGR123 General Waste Permit for the shale gas wastewater facility located in New Milford Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 6518) 

-- SWN Production Company, LLC - Lake Water Transfer Facility: DEP issued a determination of applicability for a WMGR123 General Waste Permit for the shale gas wastewater facility located in New Milford Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 6519) 

Chapter 105 Encroachment Permits

-- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - Water Supply Intake: DEP issued a Chapter 105 permit for a water supply intake on the Susquehanna River and related pipelines located in Asylum Twp., Bradford County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6522) 

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC - Exposing 2 Natural Gas Pipelines In Advance Of Longwall Coal Mining: DEP issued a Chapter 105 permit for exposing two natural gas pipelines located in Donegal Twp., Washington County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6523) 

-- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. - Replace Valve Assembly On Natural Gas Storage Well: DEP issued a Chapter 105 permit for the project located in Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6525) 

Erosion & Sedimentation Permits

-- Coterra Energy Inc.: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Horton Creek in Lathrop Twp., Susquehanna County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6526) 

-- Seneca Resources Co. LLC: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Broughton Hollow and Jemison Creeks in Westfield Twp., Tioga County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6526) 

Oil & Gas Well Drilling Permits [10.6.23]*

-- Last Week - Permits: DEP issued 4 conventional and 4 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Permits: DEP issued 140 conventional and 548 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Wells Drilled: 148 conventional and 328 unconventional

*DEP’s Weekly Oil & Gas Program Workload Report

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PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 7 to 13 - More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Spills; Venting Gas; Emergency Well Plugging  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - October 14 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 55 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 14 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Related Articles This Week:

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Still Fighting To Make Road Dumping Its Wastewater Legal; DEP Introduces Concepts Of A ‘Life Insurance Policy’ For Plugging Wells; Certified 3rd Party Inspectors  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick: Permanent Alternate Water Supply Being Considered For Village Of Reno, Venango County After Contamination By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill  [PaEN] 

-- Vice Chair Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council Asks DEP To Report On University Of Pittsburgh Study That Found At Least 800,000 Tons Of Oil & Gas Production Waste Sent To Landfills Was Unaccounted For In One Year  [PaEN]

-- DEP Reports Shale Gas Operations Sent Over 138,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2022 - Over  911,000 Cubic Feet Since 2017  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments At Nov. 14 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Energy Transfer Natural Gas Liquids Marcus Hook Terminal In An EJ Area, Delaware County  [PaEN] 

-- Better Path Coalition: Oct. 18 Webinar Launching 9th Compendium Of Scientific, Medical Findings Demonstrating Risks, Harms Of Natural Gas Development, Infrastructure  [PaEN]

-- Sierra Club's Delaware County Team Hosts Oct. 16 Webinar On Lawsuit Challenging Law Preventing DEP From Protecting Public Health, Environment From Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Meets Oct. 16 On Cryptocurrency Mining Moratorium Bill; Resolution To Study Potential Of Geothermal Energy From Abandoned Mine Pools  [PaEN] 

-- PJM Interconnection Formally Files Changes To Electric Capacity Market Rules With FERC Based Largely On Unreliability Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants During Winter Storm Elliot  [PaEN] 

-- DOE Awards Natural Gas-Based Hydrogen Hub In Western PA, Renewable/Nuclear Power-Based Hydrogen Hub In Eastern PA; Reactions  [PaEN]

NewsClips This Week:

-- The Allegheny Front: After Fayette County’s First Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit Was Withdrawn From EPA; Residents Worry There May Be More To Come

-- TribLive: Some Plum Boro, Allegheny County Residents, Activists Push Back Against 2nd Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well

-- Post-Gazette: Plum Boro, Allegheny County, Environmental Group Go To Commonwealth Court Trying To Stop New Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well

-- Inside Climate News: Plum Boro, Allegheny County, Environmental Group Go To Commonwealth Court Trying To Stop New Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Plum Boro, Allegheny County Residents Battle Penneco, Zoning Board Over Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well

-- Warren Times: Land-For-Shale Gas Deal Between Game Commission, PA General Energy Will Result In New State Game Land In Warren County

-- PA Physicians For Social Responsibility: MarkWest Carpenter Natural Gas Compressor Station Natural Gas Leaks In Washington County [Video]

-- Observer-Reporter: Local Couple First Natural Gas Leaseholders To Contribute To Giving Fund Account Created By EQT Natural Gas At Washington County Community Foundation  [EQT Matches Donations]  [Check EQT’s DEP Compliance Record here. ]

-- Observer-Reporter: Range Resources Welcomes 150 Female Students To Annual Power Of Her Event  [Check Range Resources DEP Compliance Record here.

-- Reading Eagle: Chocolate Company Pushes Back Against OSHA Finding Company Was Responsible For Deaths From Natural Gas Explosion

-- The Daily Item Letter: Fossil Fuels Have A History Of Being Unreliable

-- Warren Times: Gasoline Prices Fall In Region, But Not In Warren County  [In Middle Of Conventional Oil Drilling Country]

[Posted: October 14, 2023]  PA Environment Digest