07/19/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a public hearing on the permit associated with a proposed warehouse project in Lowhill Township, Lehigh County. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM at the Germansville Volunteer Fire Company located at 6011 Memorial Rd, Germansville, PA 18053.
07/09/2024
Today, Governor Josh Shapiro joined Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley, Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding, and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn to celebrate significant improvements to the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
07/08/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has forecast a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Tuesday, July 9, 2024, for the Philadelphia and Susquehanna Valley areas in Pennsylvania. For the Philadelphia area, this includes the counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester. For the Susquehanna Valley area, this includes the counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, and York.
07/07/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has forecast a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Monday, July 8, 2024, for the Philadelphia, Susquehanna valley, Lehigh Valley-Berks, and Pittsburgh areas in Pennsylvania.
06/25/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a virtual public hearing on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, beginning at 6:00 PM to accept public comments as part of its permit review for the Phase IV Pipeline Project proposed by Pennsylvania General Energy Co., LLC (PGE) in Cummings and McHenry Townships, Lycoming County.
06/25/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received $28.6 million in federal funding for the 2024 Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) Program, which will put abandoned mine lands across the Commonwealth to good use by funding economic and community development projects on reclaimed sites. Previous AMLER projects include public parks, public waterlines to ensure clean and safe water, recreational trails for fishing and biking, and more. Pennsylvania has more abandoned coal mines than any other state in the country. With the support of federal and state funding, Pennsylvania has already rehabilitated 150,000 acres of abandoned mine lands.
06/21/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has forecast a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Saturday, June 22, 2024, for the Philadelphia area in Pennsylvania. This includes the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia.
06/21/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has forecast a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Saturday, June 22, 2024, for the Philadelphia area in Pennsylvania. This includes the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia.
06/20/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection declared a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Thursday, June 20, 2024, in the Pittsburgh area, which includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. In addition, an Air Quality Action Day has also been declared for the Indiana county area with respect to ozone.
06/20/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection declared a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Thursday, June 20, 2024, in the Pittsburgh area, which includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. In addition, an Air Quality Action Day has also been declared for the Indiana county area with respect to ozone.
06/20/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has forecast a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Pittsburgh area, which includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. In addition, an Air Quality Action Day has also been declared for the Indiana county area with respect to ozone.
06/20/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has forecast a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Pittsburgh area, which includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. In addition, an Air Quality Action Day has also been declared for the Indiana county area with respect to ozone.
06/20/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has forecast a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Friday, June 21, 2024, for the Philadelphia and Susquehanna valley areas in Pennsylvania. This includes Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and York counties.
06/20/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has forecast a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Friday, June 21, 2024, for the Philadelphia and Susquehanna valley areas in Pennsylvania. This includes Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and York counties.
06/13/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has forecast a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Friday, June 14, 2024, for Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware counties.
06/13/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has forecast a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Friday, June 14, 2024, for Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware counties.
06/12/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is establishing a Customer Experience Management Advisory Council (CXMAC) to advise DEP’s Acting Secretary and Chief Customer Experience Officer on strategies and improvements to enhance service delivery to the public. CXMAC brings together a team of experts from private businesses, non-profit organizations, and government agencies.
06/12/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is establishing a Customer Experience Management Advisory Council (CXMAC) to advise DEP’s Acting Secretary and Chief Customer Experience Officer on strategies and improvements to enhance service delivery to the public. CXMAC brings together a team of experts from private businesses, non-profit organizations, and government agencies.
06/11/2024
The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) has launched a new financing program designed to help local governments identify and develop energy efficiency and energy system upgrades for municipally-owned buildings. The Municipal Opportunities for Retrofits and Energy Efficiency (MORE) Program offers both grants and loans to eligible Pennsylvania municipalities and municipal authorities, and applications opened on June 3, 2024.
06/11/2024
The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) has launched a new financing program designed to help local governments identify and develop energy efficiency and energy system upgrades for municipally-owned buildings. The Municipal Opportunities for Retrofits and Energy Efficiency (MORE) Program offers both grants and loans to eligible Pennsylvania municipalities and municipal authorities, and applications opened on June 3, 2024.
06/05/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a public hearing to take testimony from residents regarding an application for a National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System Permit (NPDES) for the proposed warehouse 180-115 C-1 Site, LLC Project in Blakeslee, Monroe County. The public hearing will take place on Thursday, June 20, 2024, from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM at the Tunkhannock Township Fire Hall located at 1539 Long Pond Road, Long Pond, PA 18334. Representatives from DEP’s Waterways & Wetlands Program, the Monroe County Conservation District, and I-80-115 C-1 Site, LLC will be in attendance.
06/04/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has forecast a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Tuesday, June 4, 2024, for the Lehigh-Berks and Susquehanna valley areas in Pennsylvania. This includes the counties of Lancaster, Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, and York.
05/24/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has forecast a Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Saturday, May 25, 2024 for Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester counties.
05/22/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is awarding $980,256 in Environmental Education Grants to 56 projects that will promote environmental education and stewardship across Pennsylvania. Nearly all of the projects will support people in environmental justice communities, communities composed of Pennsylvanians that are more threatened by climate change, air pollution, and water pollution.
05/16/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a combined public meeting and hearing at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at Davenport Elementary School, 1 East Oak Street, Norristown, PA 19401 on the renewal of the Title V Operating Permit for the Reworld Plymouth waste to energy facility.
05/15/2024
As a result of one of the largest environmental mitigation funds in Pennsylvania history, the Shapiro Administration, through an advisory board at the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) made up of environmental and community advocates, has recommended funding for 21 projects to benefit the environment, heath, and quality of life of the Beaver County community. Projects include upgrades to a community park in Monaca, renovating an emergency women’s shelter to support victims of domestic violence, a solar array on the News Tribune building in Beaver Falls that will help power a local museum, and projects to protect water quality in the Beaver area.
05/13/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced $5,672,751 in funding for eight abandoned mine lands (AML) and abandoned mine drainage (AMD) restoration projects as a part of the Abandoned Mine Lands and Acid Mine Drainage Grant Program. The awards are part of the $244.7 million announced by U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, alongside Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis and DEP Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley, for Pennsylvania reclamation projects as part of the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act (IIJA).
05/10/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a public hearing to take testimony from the public regarding an application by the Blythe Recycling and Demolition Site (BRADS) to renew its operating permit for its facility in Blythe Township, Schuylkill County. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Saint Clair Area Elementary/Middle School located at 227 S. Mill St., Saint Clair, PA 17970. Representatives from the Department’s Waste Management Program and BRADS will be in attendance.
05/03/2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has begun its 2024 Black Fly Suppression Program, monitoring and treating 48 rivers and streams spanning more than 1,800 miles.