DEP Issued Chapter 105 Permit For Expand Operating LLC 4.98 Mile, 16-Inch Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the September 12 PA Bulletin announcing it has issued a Chapter 105 permit for an Expand Operating LLC  4.98 mile, 16-inch aboveground shale gas water pipeline in Auburn Township, Susquehanna County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6097)

The project will impact Transue Creek, Tuscarora Creek and multiple wetland areas.

The pipeline will provide water for the “safe reliable development of Marcellus Shale Natural Gas.”

Questions should be directed to the DEP Eastern District Oil and Gas Management Program Office in Williamsport by calling (570) 321-6550 or sending email to: RA-EPEASTERNOGPRG@pa.gov. 

Anyone aggrieved by this decision has 30 days from the date of this notice to file an appeal with the Environmental Hearing Board.

Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information.  (PA Bulletin, page 6097)

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 Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Snapshot - September 5 to 11

     -- DEP: Tank Valve Failure Leads To 4,610 Gallon Spill Of Contaminated Water At XTO Energy Inc. Shale Gas Well Pad In Butler County  [PaEN]  

     -- DEP: Contaminated Water Misting Out Of Storage Tank, Fluid Spill At Expand Operating, LLC Shale Gas Well Pad In Bradford County  [PaEN] 

     -- DEP: Thick Orange Fluid Leaking From Storage Tank At Conventional Gas & Gas Well Site In Monroeville, Allegheny County  [PaEN]

     -- DEP: Complaint Investigation Finds Conventional Well Venting Gas In A Manner Posing A Safety Risk To Nearby Residence In Mercer County  [PaEN]

     -- DEP Finds Conventional Well Venting Gas During Investigation Of Leaking Conventional Gas Gathering Line In Unity Twp., Westmoreland County  [PaEN]   

     -- DEP: Drill Cuttings From Conventional Oil & Gas Well Improperly Spread Over Drill Site For Disposal In McKean County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP - Day 106: Ows Energy Inc. Failed To Cleanup Soil Contaminated By Water From Conventional Gas Well In Crawford County  [PaEN]  

     -- DEP: Pressure Testing Confirms Casing/Cementing Failures In 3 Expand Operating LLC Shale Gas Wells In Bradford County, Including One New Violation  [PaEN] 

     -- DEP Issued 2nd Round Of Major Erosion & Sedimentation Violations At Equitrans Water SVC (PA) [EQT] Jaybird Shale Gas Water Impoundment Restoration Site In Washington County  [PaEN] 

     -- DEP: Site Preparations For Plugging Diversified Production LLC Conventional Gas Well Results In Multiple Erosion & Sedimentation Violations In Fayette County  [PaEN] 

     -- PUC Issues $875,000 Penalty In Settlement With Columbia Gas For 2019/2020 Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Violations In Allegheny, Washington Counties  [PaEN] 

Related Articles This Week:

-- DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board Meets Sept. 16 To Hear Updates On New Methane Control Regulations; Federal Well Plugging Program; Other Issues  [PaEN]  

-- Governor's Budget Office Takes $138.5 Million From Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee, Marcellus Legacy Fund, Farmland Preservation Fund, Underground Storage Tank Insurance Fund To Balance State Budget  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- TribLive: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $15 Million Settlement For Air Pollution Violations 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Natural Gas Production Drops For 2nd Straight Quarter

-- Reuters: Federal Court Vacates New Jersey Permit For Northeast Supply Enhancement Natural Gas Pipeline

[Posted: September 11, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

DEP Received Act 2 Land Recycling Remediation Report For Former Cheswick Generating Station Data Center Site In Springdale, Allegheny County

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the September 12 PA Bulletin announcing it has received an Act 2 Land Recycling Program Remedial Investigation Report/ Cleanup Plan on the remediation of soil and groundwater contamination from Allegheny DC PropCo for the former Cheswick Generating Station data center site in Springdale Borough, Allegheny County. (PA Bulletin, page 6090)

The Report documents how remediation of the site contaminated with inorganics, lead, other organics, PCBs and other chemicals meet the Site-Specific Standards at the facility.

DEP’s Southwest Regional Office Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields Program is now reviewing the report to determine if it meets Act 2 Land Recycling Program standards.

To arrange for the in-person review of the Report, contact Janelle Hromyak at 412-442-4091.

Questions should be directed to DEP’s Southwest Regional Office Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields Program at 412-442-4000.

Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information.  (PA Bulletin, page 6090)

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.

Related Articles This Week:

-- PUC Moves To Address A.I. Data Center Impacts On Emergency Load Control Procedures, Allocation Of Costs Associated With Large Loads; Technical Conference On Cost Responsibility To Be Held  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Launches Review Of Utility Ratemaking, Working Group To Address Affordability, Transparency And Changing Economic Conditions  [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection Proposes Changes To Reliability Standards To Address Situations Where A.I. Data Centers Disconnect From The Grid Without Warning And Threaten Grid Stability  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Issues $875,000 Penalty In Settlement With Columbia Gas For 2019/2020 Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Violations In Allegheny, Washington Counties  [PaEN]  

NewsClips:

-- Scranton Times: Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Developer Wants All Elected Archbald Boro Council Members Removed From Data Center Decision-Making Process, Which Leads To Automatic Approval Of The Proposal; 9th Hearing Set For Today [Sept. 9]    [PDF of Article]   

-- ABC27: PA Building Trades Union Leader Supports Construction Of A.I. Data Centers, But Wants Them Built ‘Responsibility’

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Public A.I. Data Center Support Has Collapsed; Here’s What Happens Next

-- Wall Street Journal Column: Upset About A.I. Data Centers? Big Tech And The President Think You’re A Socialist Dupe 

-- Wall Street Journal: States That Gave A.I. Data Centers Billions In Tax Breaks Are Now Ripping Up The Deals 

[Posted: September 11, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Expand Operating LLC Double, 16-Inch Aboveground Shale Gas Water Pipelines In Sullivan County

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the September 12 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a Chapter 105 permit for Expand Operating LLC double, 16-inch HDPE aboveground shale gas water pipelines in Elkland and Fox Townships, Sullivan County.  (PA Bulletin, page 6078)

The project will impact Porter Creek (Exceptional Value), Hoagland Branch (Exceptional Value) and Exceptional Value wetlands in multiple areas.

No hearing is scheduled, but one can be requested.

Comments are due October 12-- 30 days from this notice.

Comments 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. 

To arrange for an in-person review of the application, contact the DEP Eastern District Oil and Gas Management Program at (570) 321-6550 or by email to: RA-EPEASTERNOGPRG@pa.gov. 

Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information.   (PA Bulletin, page 6078)

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 Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Snapshot - September 5 to 11

     -- DEP: Tank Valve Failure Leads To 4,610 Gallon Spill Of Contaminated Water At XTO Energy Inc. Shale Gas Well Pad In Butler County  [PaEN]  

     -- DEP: Contaminated Water Misting Out Of Storage Tank, Fluid Spill At Expand Operating, LLC Shale Gas Well Pad In Bradford County  [PaEN] 

     -- DEP: Thick Orange Fluid Leaking From Storage Tank At Conventional Gas & Gas Well Site In Monroeville, Allegheny County  [PaEN]

     -- DEP: Complaint Investigation Finds Conventional Well Venting Gas In A Manner Posing A Safety Risk To Nearby Residence In Mercer County  [PaEN]

     -- DEP Finds Conventional Well Venting Gas During Investigation Of Leaking Conventional Gas Gathering Line In Unity Twp., Westmoreland County  [PaEN]   

     -- DEP: Drill Cuttings From Conventional Oil & Gas Well Improperly Spread Over Drill Site For Disposal In McKean County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP - Day 106: Ows Energy Inc. Failed To Cleanup Soil Contaminated By Water From Conventional Gas Well In Crawford County  [PaEN]  

     -- DEP: Pressure Testing Confirms Casing/Cementing Failures In 3 Expand Operating LLC Shale Gas Wells In Bradford County, Including One New Violation  [PaEN] 

     -- DEP Issued 2nd Round Of Major Erosion & Sedimentation Violations At Equitrans Water SVC (PA) [EQT] Jaybird Shale Gas Water Impoundment Restoration Site In Washington County  [PaEN] 

     -- DEP: Site Preparations For Plugging Diversified Production LLC Conventional Gas Well Results In Multiple Erosion & Sedimentation Violations In Fayette County  [PaEN] 

     -- PUC Issues $875,000 Penalty In Settlement With Columbia Gas For 2019/2020 Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Violations In Allegheny, Washington Counties  [PaEN] 

Related Articles This Week:

-- DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board Meets Sept. 16 To Hear Updates On New Methane Control Regulations; Federal Well Plugging Program; Other Issues  [PaEN]  

-- Governor's Budget Office Takes $138.5 Million From Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee, Marcellus Legacy Fund, Farmland Preservation Fund, Underground Storage Tank Insurance Fund To Balance State Budget  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- TribLive: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $15 Million Settlement For Air Pollution Violations 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Natural Gas Production Drops For 2nd Straight Quarter

-- Reuters: Federal Court Vacates New Jersey Permit For Northeast Supply Enhancement Natural Gas Pipeline

[Posted: September 11, 2026]  PA Environment Digest

DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Wastewater Permit For Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the September 12 PA Bulletin inviting comments on the renewal of an NPDES Wastewater Permit for the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Potter Township, Beaver County. (PA Bulletin, page 6055)

The application is for a renewal of an NPDES permit for existing discharges of treated industrial waste and storm water, non-contact cooling water, groundwater, and untreated stormwater and new discharges of non-contact cooling water, untreated storm water, and treated industrial waste and stormwater.

The discharges will impact the Ohio River, Rag Run, Poorhouse Run and Raccoon Creek.

No hearing has been scheduled, but one may be requested.

Comments are due October 12-- 30 days from this notice.

Comments should be sent to DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 or by email to: RA-EPNPDES_SWRO@pa.gov.

To arrange for an in-person review of the application, contact the File Review Coordinator: 412-442-4286.

[Note: Permit-related documents are usually published on the DEP Shell Petrochemicals Complex webpage.]

Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. (PA Bulletin, page 6055)

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.

Resource Link:

-- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Another $15 Million In Penalties For Latest Air Pollution Violations In Beaver County; Air Pollution Penalties Total $27.6 Million Since Plant Opened  [PaEN]

[Posted: September 11, 2026]  PA Environment Digest