PA Environment Digest Blog: DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets March 19 On Drinking Water Supply Impacts From Drilling; New Financial Assurance Strategies To Prevent Abandonment; Draft Spill Policy; Injection Well Primacy; Much More

DEP’s Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board is scheduled to meet March 19 on a variety of topics including--

-- Overview of drinking water impacts from oil & gas drilling,

-- Financial assurance strategies to address future well abandonment [Read more here]

-- Update on federal regulatory improvement grant

-- Certified third party inspector initiative [Read more here]

-- Civil penalty assessment guidance update

-- Injection well primacy

-- Draft shale gas spill policy

Other items to be presented include--

-- Trenchless Technology Guidance Document Overview [Read more here]

-- Update on Federal Well Plugging Program

-- Update on Federal Methane Emission Reduction Program

-- Erosion and Sediment Control General Permit (GP-4)

-- Well Plugging Subcommittee Report - Anticipated Well Plugging Costs

-- Lessons Learned: Area Of Review With Shale Gas Permits

-- Proposed Regulatory Development

Click Here for a copy of the agenda.

Public Comment Period

“Individuals interested in providing public comment during the meeting should contact Todd Wallace at least 24-hours in advance of the meeting at twallace@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-783-6395.

“Individuals who request to provide public comment at the March 19, 2024 Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board (TAB) meeting must submit a written copy of the comment to twallace@pa.gov no later than 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting (i.e., 10:00 a.m. on March 18).

“The comment must relate directly to a topic that is listed on the March 19, 2024 meeting agenda for consideration by the board.

“Public comment is limited to 3 minutes.

“Written comment will be shared with TAB members, but will not be posted to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (Department) website.”

Join The Meeting

The meeting will be held in Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg starting at 10:00 a.m.

Click Here to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams: Meeting ID: 213 974 248 313 Passcode: x6tM26

The meeting will also be available by telephone: 267-332-8737 Passcode: 707 511 646#

For more information and available handouts, visit the DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board webpage. Questions should be directed to: Todd M. Wallace, at twallace@pa.gov or 717-783-6395.

PA Weekly Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 2 to 8 - 119 Conventional Well Abandonment Violations; Pipeline Land Slips; Ignored Orders [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 9 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 9 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

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