-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
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
-- Committee Schedule
Senate Voting Schedule
June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30
-- Committee Schedule
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
May 19-- Agenda Posted. DEP Statewide Water Resources Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. (formal notice)
May 20-- Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m.
May 21-- In-Person. DEP Informal Conference To Take Comments On The Proposed Addition Of 7,154 Acres To The Rosebud Mining Company Penfield Coal Mine In Clearfield County
May 21-- Agenda Posted. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m.
May 27-- DEP Hearing [If Requested] On RACT III Title V Air Quality Permit For the Domtar Paper Company Johnsonburg Mill In Elk County. DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville. 10:00 a.m.
May 27-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Berks Nature Nature Place, 575 St. Bernadine Street, Reading. 10:00 a.m. to Noon. Read more here on agenda.
May 27-- Virtual. Delaware RiverKeeper Network Hosts Webinar On Biosolids And Sewage Sludge Impacts On Farms In Pennsylvania. 7:00 p.m.
June 2-- In-Person. DEP To Host Informal Conference, Hearing On Permit To Add 4,342 Acres To Rosebud Clymer A Coal Mine In Cherryhill Twp., Indiana County
June 3-- Agenda Posted. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Randy D. Martin ramartin@pa.gov. (formal notice)
June 4-5-- In-Person. Penn State Extension: Mid-Atlantic Agroforestry Conference. Pennsylvania Furnace, Huntingdon County.
June 9-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov, (717) 772-3277.
-- DEP Considering Permits For 17 A.I. Data Center Projects, Aware Of 34 Other Proposals; Data Centers In Fast Track Permitting Program Need Same Permits, Meet Same Standards As Everyone Else [PaEN]
-- Environmental Groups Request DEP Do A Science-Based Assessment Of Health, Environmental Risks From Landfill Leachate Contaminated By Radioactive Oil & Gas Drilling Wastes [PaEN]
-- American-Dream.com Guest Essay: Radioactivity Leaching Out Of Pennsylvania Landfills From Shale Gas Drilling Wastes - By Dr. John F. Stolz, Duquesne University
-- Allegheny National Forest: Visitors Alerted To Conventional Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging Operations Impacting Trail Use In Forest County [PaEN]
-- PUC Commissioners Tell PA US Senators Federal Permitting Reform Should Maintain State Oversight of Transmission Line Siting Projects [PaEN]
-- DEP Highlights Cleanup Of Contaminated Property Redeveloped Into Robert A. Borski, Jr. Park In Philadelphia Under The Hazardous Sites Cleanup Program [Video/Photos ]
-- Erie Times: Hazardous Sites Cleanup Program To Help Redevelop Old Landfill Site In Millcreek Twp. Into Recreation Fields
-- PA Resources Council To Hold Household Chemical Collection Events In Cambria, Fayette, Washington Counties Starting June 6 [PaEN]
-- May16 - Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available
-- Penn State Extension June 18 Webinar On Rebar Inspection For Conservation Projects, 9:00 a.m.
-- Inquirer: Uwchlan Twp. Plans To Decommission Wastewater Treatment Plant That Lacks Capacity To Handle Future Growth In Chester County
-- Art of Staying Safe, 3 State Agencies Honor 18 Student Art Contest Winners In Fight Against Lyme Disease [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Project Partners Celebrate Completion Of 40-Mile Quemahoning Mountain Biking Trail In Somerset County
-- Williamsport Sun: $1.5 Million Grant Awarded For Susquehanna Riverwalk Trail
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Cleanup Set For Saturday In Pinchot State Forest, Hanover Twp., Luzerne County [Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation]
-- Erie Times: Presque Isle Could Be Facing 3rd Year Without Federal Money For Sand Replenishment
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Rabid Groundhog Attacks Juvenile In Nanticoke, Luzerne County
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: If You Find A Young Or Injured Animal, Here’s How And When To Respond
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Registration Open! Summer Nature Camps For Students Grades 1 to 5
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Bloomberg: A.I. Build Out Drives 76% Power Bill Jump In PJM Electric Grid
-- Reading Eagle: 200 MW A.I. Data Center Proposed For Former 196-Acre Titus Power Plant Property In Cumru Twp, Berks County [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: Luzerne County Planners Approve Zoning Plan To Address A.I. Data Center Development
-- Inquirer: North Coventry Twp. Considering New A.I. Data Center Rules After Outcry Killed A Proposal In Chester County
-- Indiana Gazette: Opponents Of Natural Gas Pipeline To Feed 3,200 Acre Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus 4.5 GW Power Plant Urge DEP To Deny Water Quality Permit At Hearing
-- WNEP: Noise Concerns Are Focus At Archbald A.I. Data Center Hearing
-- Better Path Coalition Briefing: May 18 Webinar On Data Center Noise - Understanding Community Impacts [PaEN]
-- DEP Considering Permits For 17 A.I. Data Center Projects, Aware Of 34 Other Proposals; Data Centers In Fast Track Permitting Program Need Same Permits, Meet Same Standards As Everyone Else [PaEN]
-- PUC Commissioners Tell PA US Senators Federal Permitting Reform Should Maintain State Oversight of Transmission Line Siting Projects [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Editorial: Data Centers Aren’t The Enemy - They’re The Future [From Bloomberg]
Today’s Oil & Gas Violations
-- Today’s Violations: DEP inspected 4 Ows Energy LLC conventional well sites in Crawford County, Rome & Sparta Twps. and found cracked, missing pipe to leaking wastewater tanks at each site. Multiple violations issued. DEP inspection report.
-- Today’s Violations: DEP inspected Danken-Sammar LLC conventional well site in Clearfield County, Huston Twp. and found owner failed to clean up wastewater spill discovered on Dec. 10, 2024-- 510 days and counting. DEP inspection report.
-- Today’s Violations: DEP inspected Danken-Sammar LLC conventional monitoring well in Clearfield County, Huston Twp. for Povlik #1 oil and gas wastewater inspection well and found continuing gas venting from casing/cement failure discovered on Oct. 1, 2024 - 583 days and counting. DEP inspection report.
-- Today’s Violations: DEP inspected EQT Chap LLC shale gas well pad in Fayette County, Redstone Twp. and found owner failed to conduct maintenance of long-term post-construction stormwater BMPS, failed to respond to April 13 violations. DEP inspection report.
-- Today’s Violations: DEP inspected Equitrans LP [EQT] Swarts & Hunters Cave Gas Storage Area well replacement construction site in Greene County, Center Twp. and found owner failed to address significant erosion and sedimentation violations since March 9-- 58 days and counting. DEP inspection report.
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- May 15: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Down 1 Penny From Yesterday, Now $1.53/Gallon Higher To $4.64 Since Feb. 27 [Armstrong County Average Price Spikes To Highest at $4.92] -- May 15: My neighborhood Sheetz in Harrisburg dropped price of diesel 21 cents in one day!
-- May 15: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.52 Ohio- $4.59 PA- $4.64
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- Bloomberg: Clean Energy Seen As ‘Immune’ To Hormuz-Style Fossil Fuel Price Shocks
Federal Administration
-- TribLive/AP: EPA Moves To Weaken Water Pollution Rule For Coal-Fired Power Plants
-- EPA To Revise ‘Burdensome’ Wastewater Regulations For Coal-Fired Power Plants To Support ‘Affordable’ Coal-Fired Electricity [Effort To Keep Coal-Fired Power Plants Open Costing Ratepayers Hundreds Of Millions ]
-- EPA Proposes 2-Year Delay In ‘Unattainable’ Clean Vehicle Efficiency Standards After Americans Rejected EVs [Iran War Gasoline Price Spikes Drives US Hybrid Sales Up 37% ]
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- WESA: List Of Democratic PA Lawmakers Threatened By Lebanon County Man Grows To 36
-- Erie Times/USA Today: What Shapiro Is Running On In Bid For 2nd Term As PA Governor
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