DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For XTO Energy Inc. 1.78 Mile, 12-Inch Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Butler County

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 24 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a Chapter 105 Encroachments Permit for an XTO  Energy, Inc. 1.78 mile, 12-inch aboveground shale gas water pipeline in Franklin Township, Butler County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6960)

The pipeline will connect the Old Route 422 Water Vault to the existing Stein and Cratty shale gas well pads.

The project will impact Mulligan Run and several wetlands.

No hearing is scheduled, but one may be requested.

Comments are due November 23- 30 days from this notice.

Comments and requests for a hearing should be sent to DEP Northwest District Oil and Gas Management Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335 or by email to: RA-EPOILGASDROPBOX@pa.gov. 

Requests to review the permit applications should be made to the DEP Northwest District Oil and Gas Management Program by calling 814-332-6860 or by email to: RA-EPOILGASDROPBOX@pa.gov. 

Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information.  (PA Bulletin, page 6960)

For more information on environmental programs in Pennsylvania, visit DEP’s website.  Submit Environmental Complaints; Click Here to sign up for DEP’s newsletter; sign up for DEP’s eNotice; Like DEP on Facebook, Follow DEP on Twitter and visit DEP’s YouTube Channel.

PA Weekly Oil & Gas Compliance Snapshot - October 17 to 23

-- DEP - Day 119: Contaminated Water Discharges Continue, Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order At Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Richter Impoundment In Greene County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Routine Inspections Find 16 Anderson Energy SVC LLC Conventional Wells Abandoned, Not Plugged In Forest County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Follow-Up Inspections Of 4 Michael Harju Conventional Wells Found They Continue To Be Abandoned, Not Plugged Going Back To 2020 In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP: Routine Inspections Find 3 Keystone Crude LLC Abandoned, Unplugged Conventional Gas Wells In Allegheny County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Equitrans LP [EQT] Conventional Well Plugging Results In Multiple Spills, Inadvertent Returns, Failure To Comply With Permits In Greene County  [PaEN]   

-- DEP: Bialy Gas Production Intent To Plug Abandoned Conventional Well Leads To Discovery Of Severely Corroded Contaminated Water Tanks With Holes, Leaking Fluids In Beaver County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: EQT Production Site Prep For Well Plugging Leads To Significant Well Pad, Access Road Erosion Violations In Fayette County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Contaminated Water Tank Failed Causing Release At Diversified Production LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Well Site In Warren County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Contaminated Water Release Discovered At Deer Run Oil & Gas LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Well Site In Crawford County 

-- DEP - Day 645: First Amer Energy Inc. Failed To Comply With Order To Restore 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Sites In Warren County  [PaEN]

-- PUC Accepting Nominations For PaOneCall Damage Prevention Committee

Related Article This Week:

-- DEP Celebrates Plugging 500th Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well; DEP Continues To Issue Violations By The Hundreds To Conventional Well Owners For Abandoning Wells  [PaEN] 

-- Senate Committee Reports Out Resolution Authorizing Study Of The Economic Importance Of Conventional Oil & Gas Industry; Forgetting The Billions In Costs The Industry Dumps On Taxpayers  [PaEN] 

-- Environmental Health Project, Food & Water Watch, Partners Host Nov. 10 Webinar On Shale Gas Fracking, Data Centers And Your Health  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Launches Working Group To Review Electric, Natural Gas, Water & Wastewater Utility Ratemaking, Address Affordability, Transparency And Changing Economic Conditions  [PaEN]

-- PUC Approves 3.94% Increase In National Fuel Gas Rates; One-Time $30 Credit For Low Income Customers; Enhanced Energy Efficiency Pilot; Extended Temporary Weather Normalization Charge

NewsClips:

-- Observer-Reporter: Jerome Bettis, DEP Secretary Visit Washington County To Celebrate 500th Abandoned Conventional Well Plugging

-- TribLive: Proposed Shale Gas Well In Salem Twp. Concerns Local Residents In Westmoreland County  

-- TribLive: Salem Twp., Westmoreland County Officials To Shale Gas Well Opponents: No Local Authority Over Drilling Without Local Zoning 

-- Bloomberg Commentary: President’s Arm-Twisting For New York’s Constitution Natural Gas Pipeline May End In Regret

-- Inside Climate News: After A Decade Of Efforts To Regulate Methane From Oil & Gas Industry, The President’s Administration Promises New Rules, Has Rolled Back Or Blocked Previous Attempts

[Posted: October 23, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For NFG Midstream Covington Double Natural Gas Pipelines Thru Farmington, Deerfield, Chatham Twps. In Tioga County

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 24 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a Chapter 105 Encroachments permit for a NFG Midstream Covington LLC double natural gas pipelines project in Tioga County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6959)

24-inch and a 20-inch natural gas pipelines will be constructed on a route going through Farmington, Deerfield and Chatham Townships in Tioga County.

[Note: A 16-inch water pipeline is also mentioned in three places in the notice.]

The project is expected to impact Losey Creek and its tributaries and multiple wetlands.

No hearing is scheduled, but one may be requested.

Comments are due November 23-- 30 days from this notice.

Comments and requests for a hearing should be sent to DEP Eastern District Oil and Gas Management Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701 or by email to:  RA-EPEASTERNOGPRG@pa.gov. 

Requests to review the application should be made to the DEP Eastern District Oil and Gas Management Program by calling (570) 327-0501 or send email to: RA-EPEASTERNOGPRG@pa.gov. 

Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. (PA Bulletin, page 6959)

For more information on environmental programs in Pennsylvania, visit DEP’s website.  Submit Environmental Complaints; Click Here to sign up for DEP’s newsletter; sign up for DEP’s eNotice; Like DEP on Facebook, Follow DEP on Twitter and visit DEP’s YouTube Channel.

PA Weekly Oil & Gas Compliance Snapshot - October 17 to 23

-- DEP - Day 119: Contaminated Water Discharges Continue, Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order At Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Richter Impoundment In Greene County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Routine Inspections Find 16 Anderson Energy SVC LLC Conventional Wells Abandoned, Not Plugged In Forest County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Follow-Up Inspections Of 4 Michael Harju Conventional Wells Found They Continue To Be Abandoned, Not Plugged Going Back To 2020 In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP: Routine Inspections Find 3 Keystone Crude LLC Abandoned, Unplugged Conventional Gas Wells In Allegheny County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Equitrans LP [EQT] Conventional Well Plugging Results In Multiple Spills, Inadvertent Returns, Failure To Comply With Permits In Greene County  [PaEN]   

-- DEP: Bialy Gas Production Intent To Plug Abandoned Conventional Well Leads To Discovery Of Severely Corroded Contaminated Water Tanks With Holes, Leaking Fluids In Beaver County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: EQT Production Site Prep For Well Plugging Leads To Significant Well Pad, Access Road Erosion Violations In Fayette County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Contaminated Water Tank Failed Causing Release At Diversified Production LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Well Site In Warren County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Contaminated Water Release Discovered At Deer Run Oil & Gas LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Well Site In Crawford County 

-- DEP - Day 645: First Amer Energy Inc. Failed To Comply With Order To Restore 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Sites In Warren County  [PaEN]

-- PUC Accepting Nominations For PaOneCall Damage Prevention Committee

Related Article This Week:

-- DEP Celebrates Plugging 500th Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well; DEP Continues To Issue Violations By The Hundreds To Conventional Well Owners For Abandoning Wells  [PaEN] 

-- Senate Committee Reports Out Resolution Authorizing Study Of The Economic Importance Of Conventional Oil & Gas Industry; Forgetting The Billions In Costs The Industry Dumps On Taxpayers  [PaEN] 

-- Environmental Health Project, Food & Water Watch, Partners Host Nov. 10 Webinar On Shale Gas Fracking, Data Centers And Your Health  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Launches Working Group To Review Electric, Natural Gas, Water & Wastewater Utility Ratemaking, Address Affordability, Transparency And Changing Economic Conditions  [PaEN]

-- PUC Approves 3.94% Increase In National Fuel Gas Rates; One-Time $30 Credit For Low Income Customers; Enhanced Energy Efficiency Pilot; Extended Temporary Weather Normalization Charge

NewsClips:

-- Observer-Reporter: Jerome Bettis, DEP Secretary Visit Washington County To Celebrate 500th Abandoned Conventional Well Plugging

-- TribLive: Proposed Shale Gas Well In Salem Twp. Concerns Local Residents In Westmoreland County  

-- TribLive: Salem Twp., Westmoreland County Officials To Shale Gas Well Opponents: No Local Authority Over Drilling Without Local Zoning 

-- Bloomberg Commentary: President’s Arm-Twisting For New York’s Constitution Natural Gas Pipeline May End In Regret

-- Inside Climate News: After A Decade Of Efforts To Regulate Methane From Oil & Gas Industry, The President’s Administration Promises New Rules, Has Rolled Back Or Blocked Previous Attempts

[Posted: October 23, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Plan Approval For Clear Water Technology Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility In Jessup Twp., Susquehanna County

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 24 PA Bulletin inviting comments on an Air Quality Plan Approval application by Clear Water Technology, LLC for an oil and gas wastewater treatment facility in Jessup Township, Susquehanna County.   (PA Bulletin, page 6953)

More specifically, DEP said the treatment facility will process wastewater from shale gas wells, PennDOT wash bay waters, paper/wood processing wastewater, contaminated non-contact cooling wastewater, landfill leachate, surface horizontal drill cuttings, salt pile runoff, waste oil, oil and gas drilling fluids and cuttings and drill cuttings from water well drilling.

No hearing is scheduled, but one may be requested.

Comments are due November 23-- 30 days from this notice.

Comments and requests for a hearing should be sent to Shailesh R. Patel, P.E. EGM New Source Review Section Air Quality Program, DEP Northeast Regional Office, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.  

Patel’s telephone number is 570-826-2357 and email: spatel@pa.gov. 

Copies of the application, DEP’s analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at the DEP Northeast Regional Office.

Requests to review the application should be sent to: Shailesh R. Patel, P.E. at 570-826-2357 or email: spatel@pa.gov.

Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information.  (PA Bulletin, page 6953)

For more information on environmental programs in Pennsylvania, visit DEP’s website.  Submit Environmental Complaints; Click Here to sign up for DEP’s newsletter; sign up for DEP’s eNotice; Like DEP on Facebook, Follow DEP on Twitter and visit DEP’s YouTube Channel.

PA Weekly Oil & Gas Compliance Snapshot - October 17 to 23

-- DEP - Day 119: Contaminated Water Discharges Continue, Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order At Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Richter Impoundment In Greene County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Routine Inspections Find 16 Anderson Energy SVC LLC Conventional Wells Abandoned, Not Plugged In Forest County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Follow-Up Inspections Of 4 Michael Harju Conventional Wells Found They Continue To Be Abandoned, Not Plugged Going Back To 2020 In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP: Routine Inspections Find 3 Keystone Crude LLC Abandoned, Unplugged Conventional Gas Wells In Allegheny County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Equitrans LP [EQT] Conventional Well Plugging Results In Multiple Spills, Inadvertent Returns, Failure To Comply With Permits In Greene County  [PaEN]   

-- DEP: Bialy Gas Production Intent To Plug Abandoned Conventional Well Leads To Discovery Of Severely Corroded Contaminated Water Tanks With Holes, Leaking Fluids In Beaver County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: EQT Production Site Prep For Well Plugging Leads To Significant Well Pad, Access Road Erosion Violations In Fayette County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Contaminated Water Tank Failed Causing Release At Diversified Production LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Well Site In Warren County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Contaminated Water Release Discovered At Deer Run Oil & Gas LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Well Site In Crawford County 

-- DEP - Day 645: First Amer Energy Inc. Failed To Comply With Order To Restore 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Sites In Warren County  [PaEN]

-- PUC Accepting Nominations For PaOneCall Damage Prevention Committee

Related Article This Week:

-- DEP Celebrates Plugging 500th Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well; DEP Continues To Issue Violations By The Hundreds To Conventional Well Owners For Abandoning Wells  [PaEN] 

-- Senate Committee Reports Out Resolution Authorizing Study Of The Economic Importance Of Conventional Oil & Gas Industry; Forgetting The Billions In Costs The Industry Dumps On Taxpayers  [PaEN] 

-- Environmental Health Project, Food & Water Watch, Partners Host Nov. 10 Webinar On Shale Gas Fracking, Data Centers And Your Health  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Launches Working Group To Review Electric, Natural Gas, Water & Wastewater Utility Ratemaking, Address Affordability, Transparency And Changing Economic Conditions  [PaEN]

-- PUC Approves 3.94% Increase In National Fuel Gas Rates; One-Time $30 Credit For Low Income Customers; Enhanced Energy Efficiency Pilot; Extended Temporary Weather Normalization Charge

NewsClips:

-- Observer-Reporter: Jerome Bettis, DEP Secretary Visit Washington County To Celebrate 500th Abandoned Conventional Well Plugging

-- TribLive: Proposed Shale Gas Well In Salem Twp. Concerns Local Residents In Westmoreland County  

-- TribLive: Salem Twp., Westmoreland County Officials To Shale Gas Well Opponents: No Local Authority Over Drilling Without Local Zoning 

-- Bloomberg Commentary: President’s Arm-Twisting For New York’s Constitution Natural Gas Pipeline May End In Regret

-- Inside Climate News: After A Decade Of Efforts To Regulate Methane From Oil & Gas Industry, The President’s Administration Promises New Rules, Has Rolled Back Or Blocked Previous Attempts

[Posted: October 23, 2026]  PA Environment Digest