The permits were due to expire on October 28, 2026. The plant began operating in November 2022.
The permits include PA-04-00740A, PA-04-00740 and PA-04-00740C.
DEP has been extending the Plan Approvals until a full Title V Air Quality permit can be put in place for the facility.
Shell submitted the Title V Air Quality permit application for the petrochemical plant on June 19, 2024 and DEP accepted the application as administratively complete on July 2, 2024. Read more here.
DEP has not yet completed its review of the Title V application or released a draft permit for public review.
On December 18, 2024 DEP said the agency will review the Shell Petrochemical Plant Title V Air Quality Permit application under the “enhanced public participation process” established in its Final Environmental Justice Policy holding local stakeholder meetings, one or more public meetings and a hearing. Read more here.
On October 3, DEP announced it issued a final Air Quality Plan Approval covering certain operations at the Petrochemical Plant including ethylene emissions and air pollution controls on ground flares, the wastewater treatment plant and as-built air pollution controls. Read more here.
For more information on this facility, visit DEP’s Shell Petrochemical Complex Facility Information webpage.
NewsClip:
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell In Deep Discussions About Selling Beaver County Petrochemical Plant; No Longer A Core Business For Shell
Resource Links:
-- DEP Publishes Formal Notice Announcing Issuance Of Shell Petrochemical Plant Air Quality Plan Approval For Beaver County Facility [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Wastewater Permit For Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County [PaEN]
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-- DEP: Fracking Fluid Hose Rupture Contaminates Range Resources Appalachia Shale Gas Pad, And Down The Well Pad Slope In Washington County [PaEN]
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-- DEP: Diversified Prod LLC Failed To Comply With Order To Stop Gas Venting From 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Reports Low-Flow Stream Conditions Trigger Stop To 11 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals, 7 More Put On Watch Status [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 31 [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Chapter 105 Permit For 4.5 Mile EQT ARO Natural Gas Pipeline On State Forest Land In Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Another Extension Of Air Quality Plan Approvals Allowing Temporary Operation Of The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Title V Application Still Under Review Since July 2024 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 31 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Dec. 3 Meeting/Hearing On Air Permit For Installation Of Emergency Generators At Aligned AI PA Data Center In Shippingport Boro, Beaver County [PaEN]
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-- TribLive/AP: President Says He’s Ending Restrictions On Climate-Warming Methane From Oil & Gas Industry
-- The Allegheny Front: How A Federal Rollback Of Methane Reduction Rules For Oil & Gas Operations Could Impact Climate, Public Health
-- Erie Times-News - Brian Whipkey: Conventional Well Plugging Hits Milestone In PA, But Thousands Remain To Be Fixed
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-- PA Petroleum Distributors Assn: No Change In Handling Of Dyed Diesel Fuel In PA
-- Bloomberg: President To Ease Oil, Gas Well Methane Curbs In Bid To Lower Costs
-- Bloomberg: US Natural Gas Price Falls To 6-Month Low On Warm Weather Forecast
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-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EQT To Buy Range Resources In All Stock Deal
-- TribLive: EQT Moves To Acquire Range Resources In $13 Billion Stock Deal
[Posted: October 30, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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