-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
May 4, 5, 6
June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
September 28, 29, 30
October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21
November 9, 10
Senate Voting Schedule
May 4, 5, 6
June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
POSTPONED PROBABLY TO MAY 6: House Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2450 (Mehaffie-R- Dauphin) increases and makes other changes to the fees for nuclear power plants to fund safety and emergency preparedness programs; House Bill 2264 (Davidson-D-Cumberland) establishes requirements for regulating virtual power plants [draft amendment] [draft amendment]; House Bill 2429 (Cerrato-D-Montgomery) requires utilities to publish accessible maps showing distribution system hosting capacity [draft amendment]. [Temporarily removed from agenda: House Bill 2348 (Fiedler-D- Philadelphia) makes numerous changes to PUC net metering requirements [draft amendment]] Room B-31 Main Capitol. 10:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.
May 5-- Agenda Posted. DEP: Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m.
May 5-- NEW. Citizens To Save Allegheny Mountain Press Conference At PA Capitol East Wing Rotunda On PA Turnpike Plan To Carve Massive, Miles-Long Open Gash Thru The Allegheny Mountain. 11:30 a.m.
May 5-- In-Person. PA Emergency Management Agency Flood Recovery Workshop. Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Conference Room 112, 301 Peninsula Drive, Erie. 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
May 5-- In-Person. Penn State Extension Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium. Harrisburg.
May 6-- Agenda Posted. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Fernando Treviño, Special Deputy Secretary, (717) 783-7753, FTrevinoMa@pa.gov. (formal notice)
May 7-- Agenda Posted. DEP Public Water System Technical Advisory Center Board meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg.9:00 a.m.
May 7-- In-Person. PA Emergency Management Agency Flood Recovery Workshop. Allegheny Co Public Safety Center, 150 Hookstown Grade Road, Coraopolis. 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
May 7-- Virtual. POWER Interfaith Webinar On Energy Rate Cases And Energy Affordability Advocacy At The PUC. 6:00 p.m.
May 7-- Tri-County Regional Planning Commission 60th Anniversary Luncheon featuring guest speaker Jill Whitcomb, DEP Deputy Secretary for Water Programs. Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel, 4650 Lindle Road, Harrisburg. 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
May 8-- Virtual. Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Host May 8 Online Southeast PA Environmental Movement Committee Meeting On A.I. Data Centers, Chester Incinerator, LNG Gas Terminal Proposals. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
May 11-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On North Centre Twp. PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Hazardous Site Response In 12 Municipalities In Columbia County Involving Contaminated Sewage Sludge. Central Columbia High School Auditorium 4777 Old Berwick Road, Bloomsburg. 5:00 p.m. open house. 7:00 p.m. hearing.
May 12-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov, (717) 772-3277. (formal notice)
May 12-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 12:30 p.m. Contact: Ian Irvin iirvin@pa.gov or 717-579-0329. Read more on agenda.
May 12-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On Individual Stormwater Permit For the 5.8 Mile HCPP 30-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Serving The 4.5 GW Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus Power Plant In Indiana County. Indiana Theater, 637 Philadelphia Street in Indiana. 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
-- May 4 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 245: Expand Operating LLC Continuing Cleanup Of Ongoing Shale Gas Fracking Wastewater Release From Well Pad In Great Bend Twp., Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 25 to May 1: Violations For Conventional Well Abandonment Top 204; Cleaning Up Shale Gas Wastewater Release For 245 Days [PaEN]
-- LOTS GOING ON! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 2 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For 4.5 Mile EQT ARO Natural Gas Pipeline On State Forest Land In Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- READ CAREFULLY! DEP Posted 62 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 2 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold June 16 Hearing On Water Quality Permit For Rustic Ridge II Coal Mining Permit In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold May 21 Informal Conference To Take Comments On The Proposed Addition Of 7,154 Acres To The Rosebud Mining Company Penfield Coal Mine In Clearfield County [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On 2nd Stormwater Permit For SNA North LLC/QTS A.I. Data Center Project In Salem Twp., Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- Public Utility Commission Sets July 10 Telephonic Hearing On PPL Condemnation Of 30 Properties For The Sugarloaf 500/230KV Transmission Line In Luzerne County To Serve Data Centers [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Commissioners Approve Landfill Expansion Proposal
-- Bucks Courier Times: Slaughterhouse Waste Spreading Violations At Plumstead Twp. Farm, DEP Finds
-- Warren Times: Volunteers Invited To Participate In 22nd Allegheny Reservoir Cleanup Saturday, May 9
-- WESA/Allegheny Front: Conservation Efforts For PA’s Freshwater Mussels Get Lift From New Federal Habitat Designation
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Bucks Courier Times: Could A PA A.I. Data Center Moratorium Benefit Bucks Towns?
-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Demands A Stop To ‘Excessive’ Electric, Natural Gas, Water Utility Rate Increases, But Has Little Authority To Force Change
-- PA Capital-Star: PJM Grid Manager Says Developers Are Proposing 220 GW Of New Power Projects [Decisions On Which Go Ahead Will Not Be Made Until Feb. 2028, Then They Have To Be Financed, Sited, Built]
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - May 4 [PaEN]
Today’s Oil & Gas Violations
-- Today’s Violations: DEP follow-up inspection of Blackrock Enterprises, LLC conventional well in Westmoreland County, Mount Pleasant Twp. found well is still not plugged and abandoned, failed to submit annual reports for 990 days and counting. DEP inspection report.
-- Today’s Violations: DEP inspection of 3 WLH Land & Lumber LLC conventional wells in Venango County, Scrubgrass Twp. found wells abandoned, not plugged, no annual reports. Example DEP inspection report.
-- Today’s Violations: DEP inspection of Steven P. Beach conventional well in Erie County, North East Boro found the well abandoned, not plugged. Never inspected before. DEP inspection report.
-- Today’s Violations: DEP inspection of Leatherwood LLC conventional well site in Greene County, Morris Twp., found drilling mud, wastewater spills, unstable slope cuts, multiple violations. DEP inspection report.
-- Today’s Violations: DEP notified by EQM Gathering OPCO LLC [EQT]of pipeline right-of-way slope failures in Greene County, Aleppo Twp. from 2024 construction. DEP inspection report.
-- Today’s Violations: DEP inspection of MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources LLC pipeline construction site in Washington County, Donegal Twp. found slope failure, multiple erosion & sedimentation violations. DEP inspection report.
-- ‘Emergency’ Upset Natural Gas/Chemical Flare At The MarkWest Harmon Creek Cryogenic Natural Gas Processing Plant Briefly Creates Small Sun Over Washington County At 3:05 a.m. May 4 As It Continuously Burns - Live Breathe Project Cameras [May 4]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- May 4: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday, Now $1.41/Gallon Higher To $4.52 Since Feb. 27 [PA Average Price Spikes 37 cents since last Saturday; Forest & Butler Counties, PA Average Price Highest at $4.69]
-- May 4: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.45 Ohio- $4.86 PA- $4.52
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Financial Times: America’s Small Businesses Left Out Of President’s Refunds Of $166 Billion In Illegal Tariffs [PDF of Article]
-- Inquirer: More Immigrants Being Arrested By Federal ICE In PA, NJ-- 60% Have No Criminal Records
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