PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 25

The following DEP notices were published in the March 25 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities.  Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups

-- 2022 Train Derailment Site - Harmar Twp., Allegheny County.  DEP received Notice Of Intent from the Norfolk Southern Railroad on the next phase of cleanup of areas impacted by the May 26, 2022 train derailment in Harmar Township, Allegheny County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1721)

The derailment was caused by a truck unlawfully stopped on the mainline tracks in Harmar Township that resulted in 17 tank cars derailing and the release of petroleum distillates, diesel fuel, and polymer beads into Guys Run which flows into the Allegheny River in the vicinity of the derailment.  Read more here.

-- LOLA Energy Petroco LLC - Polaris Well Site: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with chloride, manganese, strontium, vanadium for the well site in Oakland Township, Butler County.   (PA Bulletin, page 1752)

-- EQT Corporation - Carpenter Well Pad: DEP received Final Report on remediation of soil contamination with aluminum, barium, boron, chloride, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium and zinc in Center Twp., Greene County.   (PA Bulletin, page 1752)

-- EQT Corporation - King Hippo Well Pad: DEP received Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, chloride, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium and zinc in Richhill Twp., Greene County. (PA Bulletin, page 1753)

-- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Angie Well Pad 1: DEP received Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with drilling wastewater in Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County.   (PA Bulletin, page 1753)

Waste Permits

-- EQT CHAP LLC - Herminie North Centralized Water Facility: DEP approved General Permit WMGR123 for the facility in Sewickley Twp., Westmoreland County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1754)

-- EQT Production Company, LLC - Polecat Aboveground Storage Tank Facility: DEP approved General Permit WMGR123 for the facility in Whiteley Twp., Greene County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1754)

Air Quality Permits

-- Pioneer Crossing Energy LLC - Landfill Gas Facility: DEP invites comments on Title V Air Quality Permit for a landfill gas to energy facility in Exeter Township, Berks County.   (PA Bulletin, page 1724)

-- Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC - Troy Compressor Station: DEP invites comments on significant modification of Title V Air Quality permit for the compressor station located in Troy Township, Bradford County.   (PA Bulletin, page 1725)

-- Sunbury Generation LP - Natural Gas Power Plant: DEP invites comments on a renewal of a State Only Air Quality Operating Permit for the facility in Shamokin Dam Borough, Snyder County.   (PA Bulletin, page 1725)

-- EQT ARO, LLC - Larry’s Creek Compressor Station: DEP approved Air Quality Plan Approval for the facility located in Cummings Twp., Lycoming County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1755)

-- Regency Marcellus Gas Gathering, LLC - Compressor Station: DEP approved Air Quality Plan Approval for the facility located in Lathrop Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 1755)

-- EPP Renewable Energy, LLC - Landfill Gas To Energy Plant: DEP approved Air Quality Plan Approval for the facility located in Cumru Twp., Berks County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1755)

-- American Refining Group: DEP approved extension of Air Quality Plan approval for the refinery located in Bradford, McKean County to August 28, 2023 (PA Bulletin, page 1755)

-- EQM Gathering Opco, LLC - Blue Moon Compressor Station: DEP approved Air Quality Plan Approval for the facility located in West Pike Run Twp., Washington County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1756)

-- Columbia Gas of PA - Blackhawk Compressor Station: DEP approved Air Quality Permit for facility located in South Beaver Twp., Beaver County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1757)

Water Quality Permits

-- Renovo Energy Center LLC natural gas power plant: DEP invites comments on a proposed NPDES Water Quality Permit for the facility impacting the West Branch Susquehanna River in Renovo Borough, Clinton County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1712)

Chapter 105 Encroachment Permits

-- Williams Field Services Company, LLC - 16-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Project: DEP approved Chapter 105 permit for project with multiple stream crossings and wetlands impacts in Jessup and Rush Townships, Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 1761)

-- Highland Field Services, LLC - Temporary Aboveground Water Pipeline: DEP approved Chapter 105 permit for project with multiple Exceptional Value stream crossings and wetlands impacts in Gamble and Lewis Creek Townships, Lycoming County. (PA Bulletin, page 1762)

-- People’s Natural Gas Company - 16-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Replacement Project: DEP approved Chapter 105 permit for project with multiple stream crossings and wetlands impacts in Jenner Twp., Somerset County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1766)

-- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. - Hildenbrand Road Exposure Project: DEP invites comments on Chapter 105 application to construct and maintain a stream restoration project to protect a 24-inch natural gas pipeline in Sewickley Twp., Westmoreland County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1770)

-- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. - Bieler Run Stream Relocation Project: DEP invites comments on Chapter 105 application for stream relocation project to protect 14-inch natural gas pipeline in Ohioville Borough, Beaver County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1771)

Erosion & Sedimentation Permits

-- Coterra Energy, Inc.: DEP approved Chapter 102 permit for project impacting Martins Creek in Lathrop Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 1767)

-- Coterra Energy, Inc.: DEP approved Chapter 102 permit for project impacting Meshoppen Creek in Bridgewater Twp., Susquehanna County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1767)

-- Seneca Resources Co., LLC: DEP approved Chapter 102 permit for project impacting Grays Run (High Quality) and Lycoming Creek (High Quality) in Lewis Twp., Lycoming County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1767)

-- Williams Field Services Co,, LLC: DEP approved Chapter 102 permit for pipeline project impacting Meshoppen Creek in Bridgewater Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 1767)

-- EQT ARO, LLC: DEP approved Chapter 102 permit for project impacting Ott Fork Creek (High Quality), First Branch Ott Fork Creek (High Quality) and Lower Pine Bottom Run (High Quality) in Cummings Twp., Lycoming County.  (PA Bulletin, page 1767)

-- PA General Energy Co., LLC: DEP approved Chapter 102 permit for project impacting Little Bear Creek in Plunketts Creek Twp., Lycoming County. (PA Bulletin, page 1767)

Oil & Gas Well Drilling Permits [3.17.23]*

-- Last Week - Permits: DEP issued 0 conventional and 24 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Permits: DEP issued 11 conventional and 206 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Wells Drilled: 28 conventional and 109 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Inspections: 3,121 conventional and 5,705 unconventional

-- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 927 conventional and 342 unconventional

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PA Oil & Gas Public Notice Dashboards:

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 18 to 24; Continuing Violations At Equitrans Gas Storage Area; 6 More New Well Abandonments  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 25 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posts 67 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 25 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

PA Oil & Gas Compliance Reports

-- Feature: 60 Years Of Fracking, 20 Years Of Shale Gas: Pennsylvania’s Oil & Gas Industrial Infrastructure Is Hiding In Plain Sight [PaEN]

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Failed To File Annual Production/Waste Generation Reports For 61,655 Wells; Attorney General Continues Investigation Of Road Dumping Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions  [PaEN]

-- DEP Report Finds: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Routinely Abandon Wells; Fail To Report How Millions Of Gallons Of Waste Is Disposed; And Non-Compliance Is An ‘Acceptable Norm’  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2021 Oil & Gas Program Annual Report Shows Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Received A Record 610 Notices Of Violation For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industry Has Record Year: Cost, Criminal Convictions Up; $3.1 Million In Penalties Collected; Record Number Of Violations Issued; Major Compliance Issues Uncovered; Evidence Of Health Impacts Mounts  [PaEN] 

Related Articles This Week:

-- DEP Projects Over $1.5 Million Deficit In Account Funding Oil & Gas Regulation Program In FY 2023-24  [PaEN]

-- Feature-- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen -- Like With Natural Gas Infrastructure Today   [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Off To A Bad- And Dangerous- Start In Beaver County - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council  [PaEN]

[Posted: March 24, 2023]  PA Environment Digest