Sandstone applied for one UIC Class IIR injection well permit for the injection of produced fluids in the McKay 7A conventional well for the enhanced recovery of oil and gas in the McKay Lease area.
The draft permit will allow Sandstone to inject up to 10,500 gallons of oil and gas wastewater a day into the Upper Devonian Kane Sandstone Formation in the subsurface interval between approximately 2,295 feet to 2,315 feet below ground surface.
If the EPA issues the final permit to Sandstone, the permit will remain in effect for the operational life of the facility.
Hearing
If requested, the virtual hearing will be held on May 6 starting at 6:00 p.m.. No in-person hearing will take place.
Requests to hold this public hearing must be received by the EPA via email or telephone by April 29, 2025.
Send a request for a hearing to: Kevin Rowsey, EPA, R3_UIC_Mailbox@epa.gov or call 215-814-5463
The call-in number is (484) 352-3221, Conference ID: 381 733 216#. The hearing will also be available by Microsoft Teams.
There is no need to register in advance for the virtual hearing.
The deadline for public comments is May 6.
Click Here for a copy of the application, public notice and other information on the Sandstone Development, LLC UIC application.
Another Injection Well In Cyclone
In January 2024, DEP issued a permit to Catalyst Energy, Inc. for a controversial oil and gas wastewater injection well in Cyclone, Keating Township, McKean County.
EPA issued a permit for the well in August of 2022.
DEP’s permit has since been appealed.
See Resource Links for articles related to this injection well and water well issues in the same area.
NewsClips:
-- Bradford Era: Another Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Proposed In McKean County; Hearing Will Only Be Held By Public Request [PDF of Article]
-- TribLive: Decision On 2nd Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Boro, Allegheny County To Come In June, Zoning Board Says
Resource Links - McKean Injection Wells:
-- Homeowner Complaint Results In DEP Emergency Plugging Of A Penn Resources, Inc. Conventional Oil Well Leaking Gas, Oil, Wastewater In McKean County [PaEN] [Lafayette Twp.]
PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:
-- DEP: Shale Gas Driller Failed To Restore 3 Million Gallon Water Impoundment, Well Site For Nearly 8 Years In Clinton County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Nearly 7 Year Struggle Continues To Cleanup Multiple Conventional Oil Well Spills At Site In Economy Borough, Beaver County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 5 [PaEN]
-- Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On Spill Notification Regulation Changes; May 15 Virtual Hearing [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission April 24 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Requests, Including Renewal Of 2 Shale Gas Water Projects [PaEN]
-- DEP To Use General Permit To Implement New Federal Oil & Gas Facility Methane Reduction Regulation [PaEN]
-- DEP Announces Availability Of Air Quality General Permit For Gaseous Fuel-Fired Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (GP-16) [Copy of GP-16]
-- DEP Posted 83 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 5 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Related Article This Week:
-- Environmental Health Project Releases New White Paper: PA's Shale Gas - What We Can Do Now To Better Protect Public Health [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project: Lois Bower-Bjornson Shares Her First-Hand Experiences With Shale Gas Health, Environmental Impacts In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Environmental Hearing Board Denies EQT Shale Gas Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Medical Conditions, Toxicology Reports Related To A Landowner Appeal Of A DEP Water Supply Contamination Determination [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Meets April 7 On Bill To Establish DEP Environmental Justice Permit Review Program To Analyze, Consider Cumulative Impacts Of Pollution From Some New Facilities [PaEN]
-- DEP Climate Change Committee Meets April 22 On Microgrids, Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging, Update On Federal Clean Energy, Climate Funding Programs [PaEN]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Supreme Court Upholds Rule Of Capture In Resurrected Trespass Case [PDF of Article]
-- Guest Essay: The Real Waste In Pennsylvania Government - Criticizing The Right Of Citizens To Petition Their Government For Change - By Terrie Baumgardner, Resident Of Aliquippa, Clean Air Council Outreach Coordinator [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: US DOE Offers 2 National Energy Technology Laboratory Sites In Pittsburgh For Colocating Data Centers, Related Power Plants [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: PA Health Advocates Say Gov. Shapiro Has Let Residents Down On Shale Gas Fracking Protections
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Still Room For Frontline Community Protections From Shale Gas Impacts In Gov. Shapiro’s ‘Lightning’ Energy Plan - By Alison Steele, Environmental Health Project
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Chesapeake Energy, Fined $1.9 Million For Damaging Wetlands In PA, Is On New Federal ‘Fast Track’ Permit Approval List
-- TribLive: Decision On 2nd Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Boro, Allegheny County To Come In June, Zoning Board Says
-- Bradford Era: Another Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Proposed In McKean County; Hearing Will Only Be Held By Public Request [PDF of Article]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Report Says Pennsylvania Poised To Be Geothermal Energy Leader
-- Wall Street Journal: Homer City Coal Power Plant Was Just Imploded To Make Way For An A.I. Data Center, The Country’s Largest Natural Gas Power Plant [PDF of Article]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Homer City Reinventing Itself As Datacenter Campus With Lots Of Natural Gas Power To Supply It
-- TribLive: Homer City Site: Large Gas-Fired Power Plant To Support Data Center
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Homer City Coal Power Plant Site To Become A.I. Data Center With Massive Gas-Fired Power Plant
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Sen. Yaw’s Bill To Prohibit Bans Of Any Energy Sources Correct
-- Energy Choice Matters: Peoples Natural Gas Rate For Gas To Increase Another 14% April 1
-- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Natural Gas Raises Gas Rate Another 14% April 1
-- Reuters: Oil, Gas, Refined Product Imports Exempt From President’s Tariffs [The Things They Buy Are Not]
-- The Center Square: Critics: Climate Change Lawsuit Against Oil & Gas Companies On Tenuous Legal Grounds [Bucks County Example]
[Posted: April 3, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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