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Friday, August 28, 2026

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 29

The following notices were published in the August 29 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

-- DEP published notice in the August 29 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a Chapter 105 permit for a Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC 16-inch shale gas water aboveground pipeline in Union and Ward Townships, Tioga County. (PA Bulletin, page 5786) Read more here.

-- DEP published notice in the August 29 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a Chapter 102 permit for an unknown CNX Gas Company, LLC project in Salem Township, Westmoreland County. (PA Bulletin, page 5789) Read more here.

-- DEP published notice in the July 25 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a Chapter 105 permit submitted by MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC for daylighting four natural gas pipelines to prevent damage from longwall coal mining in West Finley Township, but unfortunately had the wrong county. It should be Washington County not Allegheny. DEP will publish a new notice in the PA Bulletin in about two weeks opening a new comment period with the correct information. (PA Bulletin, page 4425) Read more here.

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups

-- Expand Operating, LLC - Wygala Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Wysox Twp., Bradford County. (PA Bulletin, page 5800)

-- Devon Energy Corp. - J. Benner Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater and ethylene glycol to meet the Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Forest Lake Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 5800)

-- Devon Energy Corp. - J. Benner Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with diesel fuel to meet the Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Forest Lake Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 5800)

-- Devon Energy Corp. - P. Guiton Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Middletown Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 5801)

-- NFG Midstream Trout Run LLC - Alta Pipeline: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with ethylene glycol and methanol to meet the Statewide Health Standard at a location in McIntyre Twp., Lycoming County. (PA Bulletin, page 5801)

-- Expand Operating LLC - Hickory Row Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Wyalusing Twp., Bradford County. (PA Bulletin, page 5801)

2026 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups

So far in 2026, DEP received or acted on 137 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups.

Waste Permits - Issued

-- Assai Energy LLC - Landfill Gas Plant: DEP issued a WMGM-55 General Waste Permit for a landfill gas facility at Keystone Sanitary Landfill and Alliance Sanitary Landfill in Throop Borough, Lackawanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 5803)

Air Quality Permits - Comments

-- Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC - Compressor Station: DEP invites comments on the renewal of a State Only Air Quality Permit covering multiple sources of air pollution for the facility located in Troy Twp., Bradford County. (PA Bulletin, page 5771)

Air Quality Permits - Issued

-- Expand Operating LLC - Wyo Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP renewed a GP-5A General Air Permit for the facility located in Mehoopany Twp., Wyoming County. (PA Bulletin, page 5803)

-- Sunoco, LLC - Marcus Hook Race Fuels: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval revising VOC emission limits from a storage tank at the site located in Marcus Hook Boro, Delaware County. (PA Bulletin, page 5804)

Erosion & Sedimentation Permits - Issued

-- Expand Operating LLC - Pipeline Project: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Snyder Creek, Spaulding Creek and Bullard Creek located in Litchfield and Sheshequin Townships, Bradford County. (PA Bulletin, page 5807)

-- Seneca Resources Co. LLC - Pipeline Project: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Losey Creek and Cummings Creek located in Farmington and Chatham Townships, Tioga County. (PA Bulletin, page 5807)

-- Repsol Oil & Gas USA LLC - Unknown Project: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Rockwell Creek located in Pike Twp., Bradford County. (PA Bulletin, page 5807)

-- EQM Gathering OPCO LLC - PATMNG130 - Downer Pipeline: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Shannon Run and Little Shannon Run located in Perry Twp., Greene County. (PA Bulletin, page 5807)

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources LLC - Beham Ridge Longwall Mining Panel 3 Damage Prevention: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a pipeline damage prevention project impacting Robinson Fork located in West Finley Twp., Washington County. (PA Bulletin, page 5808)

-- Texas Eastern Transmission LP - I-81 Natural Gas Pipeline Relocation Project: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a pipeline relocation project in Franklin County. (PA Bulletin, page 5809)

Oil & Gas Well Drilling Permits [8.21.26]*

-- Last Week - Permits: DEP issued 6 conventional and 2 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Permits: DEP issued 101 conventional and 346 unconventional

-- Last Week - Wells Drilled: 3 conventional, 19 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Wells Drilled: 63 conventional and 248 unconventional

-- NOVs Issued In Last Week: 26 conventional, 8 unconventional

-- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 3,802 conventional and 725 unconventional

-- Enforcements 2026: 307 conventional and 114 unconventional (orders, agreements)

-- Inspections Last Week: 276 conventional and 365 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Inspections: 13,343 conventional and 17,086 unconventional

*Weekly Workload Report - 8.21.26

*DEP’s Weekly Oil & Gas Program Workload Report - Most Recent

DEP Issued These New/Renewed Oil & Gas Permits*

This is a list of conventional oil and gas and shale gas well permits DEP issued from August 15 - 21 by county--

Lycoming County

-- Plunketts Creek Twp.: PA General Energy Co. - 2 Shale Gas Permits

Warren County

-- Sheffield Twp.: Cameron Energy Co. - 5 Conventional Permits

-- Sheffield Twp.: Pennhills Resources LLC - 1 Conventional Permit

*Click Here to find oil and gas well permits recently issued near you

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Act 14 Notices To Municipalities

Many communities and citizens are not aware that a state law passed in 1984 gives them the first chance to comment on Department of Environmental Protection permit applications even before they are submitted to the agency. Read more here.

Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Snapshot - August 15 to 28:

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: DEP Considering ‘Alternative Enforcement Measures’ To Assure Cleanup Of Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plants In Lycoming, Bradford Counties [PaEN]

-- DEP - Day 62: Contaminated Water Releases, Polluted Soil At Multiple Locations At Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Richter Shale Gas Water Impoundment; Little Cleanup Happening In Greene County [PaEN]

-- DEP - Day 41: Remediation, Collection Of Contaminated Water Continues At Loan Asset Issuer Shale Gas Water Pipeline Release Site In Washington County [PaEN]

-- DEP: Diversified Production LLC Contaminated Water Pipeline Release Pollutes Farm Field In Indiana County [PaEN]

-- DEP: Routine Inspection Finds ‘Significant’ Release Of Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Pollutes Hillside In Warren County [PaEN]

-- DEP: Iron Cumberland LLC Conventional Well Plugging Results On Subsurface Release Of Cement Into Hargus Creek In Greene County [PaEN]

-- DEP: K Petroleum Inc. Shale Gas Well Site Had Contaminated Water Flowing Down The Side Of A Storage Tank In Washington County [PaEN]

-- DEP: Well Tests Confirm Expand Operating LLC Had New Casing/Cementing Failures In 4 Shale Gas Wells, Continuing Failures In 4 Others In Susquehanna And Wyoming Counties [PaEN]

-- DEP: Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Reports 2 Landslides Along Shale Gas Water Pipeline Route In Union Twp., Washington County

PA Oil & Gas Industry, Public Notice Dashboards:

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 22 [PaEN]