DEP Issues Chapter 105 Permit For Expand Operating LLC 4 Mile Long 16-Inch Shale Gas Water Pipeline In Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 10 PA Bulletin announcing it has issued a Chapter 105 permit to Expand Operating LLC for a four mile long, 16-inch aboveground shale gas water pipeline in Auburn Township, Susquehanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 6745)

The project will involve 39 crossings of tributaries to Tuscarora Creek, Little Meshoppen Creek, Nick Creek, floodways and wetlands.

This is the second major Expand water pipeline in Auburn Township.  On September 12, DEP announced it had issued a Chapter 105 permit for a 4.98 mile, 16-inch aboveground shale gas water pipeline in the township.  Read more here.

Questions should be directed to the DEP Eastern District Oil and Gas Management Program Office in Williamsport by calling (570) 321-6550 or sending email to: RA-EPEASTERNOGPRG@pa.gov. 

Anyone aggrieved by this decision has 30 days from the date of this notice to file an appeal with the Environmental Hearing Board.

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Snapshot - October 3 to 9  

-- DEP - Day 51: Multiple Contaminated Water Seeps Continuing From INR OPR LLC Cooper Shale Gas Well Pad In Indiana County After 336,000 Gallon Fracking Fluid Spill  [PaEN]  

-- DEP: Routine Inspection Of Appalachia Midstream SVC Shale Gas Water Pipeline Construction Site Found Fertilizer Mixture Sprayed Directly Into A Stream In Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- DEP - Day 357: S.R. Star O&G LLC Still Fails To Comply With An Order To Plug At Least Some Of The 11 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells It Owns In Butler County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP: Large Release Of Contaminated Water Soaks Ground At DJR Well Services Conventional Oil & Gas Well Site In Mercer County  [PaEN]

Related Articles This Week:

-- 500 Feet Isn't Enough!  Families, Environmental And Health Groups Call On Shapiro Administration To Increase Minimum Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells To Protect Pennsylvanians  [PaEN] 

-- House Hearing I: DEP Allows The Use Of Contaminated Water From New 'Mineral Brine' Conventional Wells On Roads, While Prohibiting Contaminated Water With The Same Harmful Pollutants On Roads From Other Conventional Oil & Gas Wells  [PaEN] 

-- House Hearing II: Road Dumping Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Creates An Aerosol Mist Carrying Pollution Through The Air And Into My Lungs - By Siri Lawson, Warren County Resident  [PaEN] 

-- House Hearing III: Protect PT: For Too Long The Oil & Gas Industry Has Used Our Southwest PA Communities As Dumping Grounds For Their Waste - Road Dumping Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Must Be Banned  [PaEN] 

-- House Hearing IV:  We Should Not Be Trying To Find New Ways To Dump More Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells On Our Roads, It’s Obviously Not A Solution; We Need Safe Disposal Options - Here’s One  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- Inside Climate News - Marie Cusick: In Harrisburg, Advocates Rally To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells To Better Protect Public Health, Environment 

--  Spotlight PA: Barbara Laxon: A Retiree’s Quest To Help Track Down PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells  

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Board Of Health Votes To Review Air Pollution Permit Exemptions For Shale Gas Operations

[Posted: October 9, 2026] PA Environment Digest