PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 2

The following DEP notices were published in the September 2 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities.  Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups

-- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC - Warner Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater at the well pad located in Rush Twp., Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 5565)

Waste Permits

-- Waste Management Disposal Service - Landfill Gas Collection: DEP invites comments on a waste permit authorizing the collection of landfill gas at the G.R.O.W.S. North Landfill and transmission to the off-site Fairless Renewable Natural Gas Plan in Falls Twp., Bucks County. (PA Bulletin, page 5543)

Air Quality Permits

-- Greentree Landfill LLC: DEP invites comments on re-issuing a Title V Air Quality Permit for air pollution sources, including a landfill gas flaring system, at the landfill located in Fox Twp., Elk County.  (PA Bulletin, page 5545)

-- MIPC LLC - Chelsea Tank Farm: DEP invites comments on renewal of a Title V Air Quality Permit for a pipeline breakout station for refined petroleum products located in Upper Chichester Twp., Delaware County. (PA Bulletin, page 5545)

-- Dresser Pipeline Solutions - McKean: DEP invites comments on renewal of State Only Air Quality Permit for pipeline couplings and joining device manufacturing facility located in City of Gradford, McKean County. (PA Bulletin, page 5546)

-- EQT ARO, LLC - Vargo Compressor Station: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval for a variety of air pollution sources at the compressor station, pigging operations, for the facility located in Cascade Twp., Lycoming County. (PA Bulletin, page 5566)

-- National Fuel Case Midstream Trout Run, LLC - Bodine Compressor Station: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval for a variety of air pollution sources at the compressor station, including pigging operations, for the facility located in McIntyre Twp., Lycoming County. (PA Bulletin, page 5567)

-- Waste Management - GROWS Landfill Enclosed Flare: DEP extended temporary shakedown period for the flare system for landfill gas for the facility located in Falls Twp., Bucks County. (PA Bulletin, page 5567)

-- Laurel Mountain Midstream Operating, LLC - Herminie Compressor Station: DEP extended Plan Approval issuance date to all more time for the applicant to prepare and submit an Air Quality Operating permit for the facility located in West Newton Borough, Westmoreland County. (PA Bulletin, page 5568)

-- Marcus Hook Energy LP - Natural Gas-Fired 750 MW Power Plant: DEP issued modified Title V Air Quality Permit to meet RACT requirements for the facility located in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County. (PA Bulletin, page 5570)

-- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Inc. - Crayne Compressor Station: DEP amended the State Only Air Quality Permit covering multiple air pollution sources for the facility located in Franklin Twp., Greene County.  (PA Bulletin, page 5570)

Chapter 105 Encroachment Permits

-- CNX Gas Company, LLC - Water Intakes At Beaver Run Reservoir: DEP invites comments on a Chapter 105 permit for construction of water intakes at Beaver Run Reservoir impacing High Quality Beaver Run and the Reservoir located in Washington Twp., Westmoreland County. (PA Bulletin, page 5550)

NPDES Stormwater Water Permit

-- UGI Carlisle LNG, LLC - 4 Million Gallon LNG Natural Gas Storage Tank: DEP invites comments on NPDES Stormwater Permit for LNG Storage Tank Project covering 40 acres impacting Letort Spring Run located in Middlesex Twp., Cumberland County.  (PA Bulletin, page 5539)

Erosion & Sedimentation Permits

-- Olympus Energy LLC: DEP invites comments on a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacing Pucketa Creek located in Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County. (PA Bulletin, page 5551)

-- EQT ARO, LLC: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Campbell Run (Exceptional Value) and English Run (High Quality) in McHenry Twp., Lycoming County.  (PA Bulletin, page 5573)

-- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Sugar Work Run (High Quality) in Union Twp., Tioga County.   (PA Bulletin, page 5573)

-- National Fuel Gas Midstream Covington, LLC: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a natural gas pipeline project impacting Corey Creek located in Richmond and Sullivan Townships, Tioga County.   (PA Bulletin, page 5574)

-- Appalachia Midstream Svc, LLC: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a pipeline project impacting Durell Creek located in Asylum Twp., Bradford County.  (PA Bulletin, page 5574)

-- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Lick Creek located in Cherry Twp., Sullivan County.  (PA Bulletin, page 5574)

-- Greylock Production, LLC - Skib Shale Gas Well Development Impoundment: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for the project impacting Muddy Creek located in Jefferson Borough, Greene County.   (PA Bulletin, page 5574)

Oil & Gas Well Drilling Permits [8.25.23]*

-- Last Week - Permits: DEP issued 0 conventional and 11 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Permits: DEP issued 114 conventional and 499 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Wells Drilled: 121 conventional and 276 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Inspections: 10,204 conventional and 15,850 unconventional

-- NOVs Last Week: 158 conventional, 13 unconventional

-- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 4,470 conventional and 884 unconventional

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PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Aug. 26 to Sept. 1-- Uncontrolled Venting Of Shale Gas Well; 4,600 Gallon Spill Of Shale Gas Wastewater; Cleanup Of Conventional Oil Wastewater Spill Barely Begins  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Responds To Emergency Notification Of Uncontrolled Venting Of Natural Gas For Over 10.5 Hours From A Repsol Oil Shale Gas Well; Temporary Evacuation Order Issued In Bradford County  [PaEN]

-- EQT Shale Gas Wastewater Truck Rolls Over Spilling More Than 4,600 Gallons Of Wastewater In Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Do Not Consume Water Advisory Lifted In Village Of Reno; Petro Erie, Inc. Barely Begins Cleanup Of Conventional Oil Wastewater Spill Site That Contaminated The Water Supply In Venango County  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 2  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 62 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 2 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]  

NewsClips This Week:

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Reno Water Advisory Lifted  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick: 6 Weeks After Water Supply Contaminated By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater, Emergency Water Supply Distributions Continue In Village Of Reno, Venango County  [PDF of article]

-- Warren Times: Natural Gas Well Setbacks Questioned After Health Impact Studies

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Residents Call For Action After Health Studies Link Natural Gas Development To Asthma, Lymphoma

-- Observer-Reporter: Flaws In University Of Pittsburgh’s School Of Public Health’s Studies Of Natural Gas Development’s Impact On Public Health - By David Callahan, President & Lobbyist For Marcellus Shale Gas Industry

-- Marcellus Shale Gas Industry Coalition: University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health’s Studies Of Natural Gas Development’s Impact On Public Health Has Methodological Flaws

-- Delco Times: Chester Bankruptcy Receiver Warns Of Projects That Could Handcuff City Finances And Negatively Impact Residents’ Health On Heels Of  Hearing On Proposed LNG Natural Gas Export Project In The City  [PDF of article]

-- PA Manufacturers Assn: Anti-LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Groups Fail To Realize Local Benefits, Global Implications  [Here’s the other side]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Key To Pennsylvania’s Energy Infrastructure - By Marcellus Shale Gas Industry & PA Building Trades Unions  [Here’s the other side]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Needs More Pipelines, LNG Natural Gas Export Facilities - By T.J. Rooney, Industry Lobbyist  [Here’s the other side]

-- TribLive: 5th Shale Gas Well Pad Planned In Frazer Twp., Allegheny County; Cecil, West Deer Townships Considering More Well Pad Proposals 

-- TribLive: Public To Weigh In On Proposed Olympus Energy/Hyperion Leto Natural Gas Compressor Station In West Deer Twp., Allegheny County 

-- TribLive: Murrysville Council Approves Ordinance Regulating Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Wells, Restricting Them To Business Zones 

-- Forbes Survey Lists Best Employers By State: No Natural Gas Companies Are On The List Of Top 97 Companies In PA; Sheetz Is #20 

-- AP: Federal Rule Allowing Rail Shipments Of LNG Natural Gas On Hold To Allow More Study Of Safety Concerns 

-- TribLive: PA Physicians For Social Responsibility Offers Gas Imaging Camera To Plum Boro Residents Affected By Home Explosion

-- Observer-Reporter: Coastal Drilling East LLC, Coastal Well Service LLC Must Pay More Than $80,000 To Former Employee Who Suffered Racial Abuse At Company’s Greene County Site

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Natural Gas Production Plateauing In Appalachian Basin

-- WESA: New Carnegie Museum Of Art Exhibit In Pittsburgh Visits Front Lines Of Fossil Fuels - What It's Like To Live Where Coal, Oil, Natural Gas Are Extracted

-- WTAE: 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Part Of Ohio, May Have Been Felt In Pittsburgh Area  [Earthquakes have been tied to shale gas drilling, injection wells in Ohio, PA ]

-- KDKA: 3rd Earthquake Hits Northeast Ohio In Past Week Shaking Traffic Cameras

Related Articles:

-- Between The Lines Podcast: Pediatrician Dr. Ned Ketyer Explains The Results Of New Studies Of The Health Impacts Of Natural Gas Development On Children And Adults  [PaEN]

-- DEP Expands Environmental Justice Protections With Updated Policy, Improved Mapping Tool; Enhanced Permit Reviews Start Sept. 16  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Give Teeth To DEP Environmental Justice Policy  [PaEN]

-- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. 5 On Proposed Permit Fee Changes; Well Plugging Financial Assurances To Prevent Abandonments; Environmental Justice Policy;  Injection Well Primacy  [PaEN]

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept. 12 On Environmental Justice Policy; DEP Customer Service Initiatives; Risks With Carbon Capture, Sequestration  [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection Hears Testimony On Making Electricity Market Reforms To Address Nonperformance Of Natural Gas And Other Generators During Winter Storm Elliot; Transition To Clean Energy  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Safety Division Continues Investigation Into Deadly House Explosion In Plum Borough, Allegheny County  [PaEN]

[Posted: September 1, 2023]  PA Environment Digest