PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13

The following DEP notices were published in the May 13 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities.  Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups

-- American Refining Group Refinery: DEP received a Risk Assessment concerning remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, Xylenes (total), Cumene (Isopropylbenzene), Methyl tert-Butyl Ether, Naphthalene, Trimethyl benzene, 1,2,4-(Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,4-), Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,5-, Fluorene, Phenanthrene, Anthracene, Pyrene, Chrysene, Benzo(a)anthracene, Benzo(b)fluoranthene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Benzo(g,h,i)perylene and groundwater: Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, Xylenes (total), Cumene (Isopropylbenzene), Methyl tert- Butyl Ether, Naphthalene, Trimethyl benzene, 1,2,4- (Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,4-), Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,5-, Phenanthrene, Pyrene, Chrysene for EU-6 at the refinery located in Bradford, McKean County.   (PA Bulletin, page 2638)

-- EQT Corp - Pale Ale Well Pad: DEP approved Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, chloride, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, and zinc for the facility located in Jackson Twp., Greene County. (PA Bulletin, page 2640)

-- Ceriani Transport, Inc. - Petroleum Product Tank Truck Accident Site: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, benzene, ethylbenzene, isopropylbenzene, MTBE, naphthalene, and toluene for accident site in Snyder Twp., Jefferson County. (PA Bulletin, page 2640)

Waste Permits

-- SWN Production Company - Odell Water Transfer Facility: DEP issued WMGR123 Waste General Permit for oil and gas waste processing facility in New Milford Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 2641)

-- SWN Production Company - Colwell Water Transfer Facility: DEP issued WMGR123 Waste General Permit for oil and gas waste processing facility in New Milford Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 2641)

Air Quality Permits

-- Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Gasoline Loading Racks: DEP invites comments on renewal of Title IV Air Quality Permit for this major source of VOC and Hazardous Air Pollutants in East Whiteland Township, Chester County. (PA Bulletin, page 2619)

-- Keyrock Energy LLC - Lowry Coal Mine: DEP invites comments on new State Only Air Quality Permit for abatement of methane emissions by enclosed methane flares from Lowry Mine in Center Twp., Indiana County.  (PA Bulletin, page 2621)

-- Keyrock Energy LLC - Heilwood Coal Mine: DEP invites comments on new State Only Air Quality Permit for abatement of methane emissions by enclosed methane flares from Lowry Mine in Cherryhill Twp., Indiana County.  (PA Bulletin, page 2621)

-- EQM Gathering Opco LLC - Corsair Dehydration Facility: DEP invites comments on Air Quality Plan Approval for various sources, including pigging operation at the facility located in Franklin Twp., Greene County. (PA Bulletin, page 2642)

-- Range Resources Appalachia - Breese Emma Jo Well Pad: DEP invites comments on Air Quality Plan Approval for gas processing, storage, flare, vapor recovery sources at the facility located in Buffalo Twp., Washington County. (PA Bulletin, page 2642)

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC - Houston Gas Plant:  DEP issued extension of temporary operating Air Quality Plan Approval to November 28, 2023 for the facility located in Chartiers Twp., Washington County. (PA Bulletin, page 2642)

-- Waste Management of Fairless, LLC - GROWS, Fairless Landfill Methane Flares: DEP issued Air Quality Plan approval for flares at these facilities located in Falls Twp., Bucks County.   (PA Bulletin, page 2643)

-- Monroe Energy, LLC - Petroleum Refinery: DEP issued Title V Air Quality permit for the refinery located in Trainer Borough, Delaware County. (PA Bulletin, page 2643)

-- Eureka Resources, LLC - Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility: DEP issued renewal of state Air Quality Operating Permit for the facility located in Williamsport, Lycoming County. (PA Bulletin, page 2643)

-- Sunbury Generation LP - Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant: DEP issued renewal of state Air Quality Operating Permit for the facility located in Shamokin Dam Borough, Snyder County.  (PA Bulletin, page 2643)

-- Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC - Compressor Station 313: DEP issued revisions to Title V Air Quality permit related to air monitoring, other requirements, for the facility located in Hebron Twp., Potter County.  (PA Bulletin, page 2644)

Chapter 105 Encroachment Permits

-- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Loyalsock Creek Restoration Project:  DEP invites comments on a portion of the Loyalsock Creek Restoration Project near the Lycoming College Biology Field Station and a shale gas drilling water withdrawal point approved by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, one of four on the Loyalsock Creek.  The project is located in Upper Fairfield and Eldred Townships, Lycoming County.  (PA Bulletin, page 2625) 

-- Keystone Clearwater Solutions LLC - Water Pipeline Brooks Impoundment TWL Interconnection Project: DEP invites comments on a 2.8 mile pipeline project serving shale gas drilling operations with multiple stream and wetlands impacts in Springville Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 2625)

-- EQM Gathering OPCO, Inc. - Pipeline Project: DEP issued Chapter 105 permit for a natural gas gathering pipeline with multiple stream, floodway and wetland impacts in Franklin Twp., Greene County. (PA Bulletin, page 2647)

Erosion & Sedimentation Permits

-- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Browns Creek in  Smithfield Twp., Bradford County. (PA Bulletin, page 2650)

-- BKV Operating, LLC: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Mehoopany Creek in Mehoopany Twp., Wyoming County. (PA Bulletin, page 2650)

-- UGI Manning LNG, LLC: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting tributary to Susquehanna River in Washington Twp., Wyoming County.  (PA Bulletin, page 2650)

-- MNT Gathering LLC - Pipeline Project: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Connoquenessing Creek in Forward Twp., Butler County.  (PA Bulletin, page 2650)

-- INR OPR LLC - Pipeline Project: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Gobbler’s Run in South Bend, Armstrong and Young Townships in Armstrong and Indiana Counties.  (PA Bulletin, page 2650)

-- Apex Energy (PA) LLC: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Lyons Run in Penn Twp., Westmoreland County. (PA Bulletin, page 2650)

-- EQM Gathering OPCO, LLC - Pipeline Project: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for a pipeline project impacting South Fork Dunkard Fork in Aleppo and Springhill Townships, Greene County.  (PA Bulletin, page 2650)

Oil & Gas Well Drilling Permits [5.5.23]*

-- Last Week - Permits: DEP issued 2 conventional and 15 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Permits: DEP issued 39 conventional and 313 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Wells Drilled: 42 conventional and 157 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Inspections: 5,587 conventional and 9,109 unconventional

-- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 1,944 conventional and 557 unconventional

*DEP’s Weekly Oil & Gas Program Workload Report

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PA Oil & Gas Public Notice Dashboards:

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 6 to 12; Equitrans Gas Storage Area Issued New NOVs  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13   [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 13 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:

-- Penn State Shale [Gas] Network Workshop Features Acting DEP Secretary Richard Negrin May 18-19 In State College  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County   [PaEN]

-- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp., Indiana County  [PaEN] 

-- Triumph Township, Warren County Advertising For 100,000 Gallons Of ‘Salt Brine’ To Dump On Township Roads  [PaEN] 

-- Harrisburg University Research Cited By 2 Federal Agencies In New Regulations To Fight Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN] 

-- Guest Essay: PA Conventional Oil/Gas Operators Blog: More Carbon Dioxide Is Good, Less Is Bad - By Gregory Wrightstone, CO2 Coalition  [PaEN]

-- Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN] 

[Posted: May 12, 2023]  PA Environment Digest