PA Environment Digest Blog: Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]

House Voting Schedule

-- October 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

-- October 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

NOTICE: PA Environment Digest, Daily Blog Will Not Publish Oct. 9 to 16 - You’re On Your Own - Together

October 7-- Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee meets to consider House Bill 2189 (Matzie-D-Beaver) reauthorizing PA One Call underground utility safety program [still exempts most conventional natural gas, oil pipelines] [House Fiscal Note & Summary]. Rules Room [no video coverage]. Off the Floor.

October 8-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Visit Council webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or 717-579-0329. Read more here on agenda.

October 10-- Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Joseph Martini martjos@pa.gov. [Note: New Federal Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Rule On Agenda] Read more here on agenda.

-- October 7 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 - Five More Abandoned Shale Gas Well Violations; Failure To Disclose Fracking Chemicals; Failure To Report Waste Generation & Disposal; Lawnmower Causes Conventional Pipeline Gas Leak [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 5 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 72 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 5 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Mon Valley Clean Air Fund Sets 3 Outreach Sessions Starting Oct. 9 In Allegheny County Communities Affected By US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant Fire [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Jeremy Cox/Ad Crable: Solar Industry Electrifies Pushback In Rural Areas Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Call For Presentations: Watershed Congress Along The Schuylkill River March 29 [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Provides Tax Refunds For Flood Damaged Properties

-- Republican Herald: Keystone Potato Wins Sustainability Award In Schuylkill County

-- Sierra Club Of PA: Fall 2024 Conservation Webinar Series Schedule

-- Altoona Mirror: Ghost Town Trail Marks 30 Years, Continues To Expand, Attracting Nearly 200,000 Yearly Visitors

-- Fish & Boat Commission Seeks Public Feedback On New Strategic Plan For Trout Fisheries Management, Comments Due Nov. 2