01/22/2021
State Phase 3 Watershed Implementation Plan reaches a milestone, with all counties signed on
01/21/2021
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is finalizing development and testing of an electronic permitting (ePermitting) system for Chapter 102 permit applications for stormwater discharges associated with construction activities.
01/15/2021
The Pennsylvania departments of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Agriculture today hosted “Feeding Pennsylvanians, Reducing Waste,” a panel discussion on food security in Pennsylvania and how commonwealth programs, partners, and residents are taking steps to reduce food waste, protect the environment, protect the security of the food supply chain, and protect the charitable food system. The event was held as part of the virtual 2021 Pennsylvania Farm Show.
01/13/2021
The Wolf Administration will host “Feeding Pennsylvanians, Reducing Waste,” a panel discussion on food security in Pennsylvania and how commonwealth programs, partners, and residents are taking steps to reduce food waste to protect the environment and the charitable food system on Friday, January 15 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM.
01/13/2021
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter for Thursday, January 14, 2021, in the southeastern counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia, and the southcentral counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York.
01/07/2021
After a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today lifted drought watch or warning for 20 counties, returning them to normal status. Three counties remain on drought watch.
01/06/2021
Three students who won a poster contest are helping the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Department of Health encourage Pennsylvanians to test their home for radon in January, National Radon Action Month. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that enters homes from the ground and is the second leading cause of lung cancer.
01/04/2021
Effective January 2, 2021, James “Jim” Miller became the regional director of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Southwest Regional Office. He replaces Ronald Schwartz, PE, BCEE, who recently retired after nearly 35 years of service. Miller, who previously led DEP’s Northwest Regional Office for four and a half years, will manage field operations for Allegheny, Beaver, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland, and Somerset counties.
12/31/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a virtual public hearing on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM to take testimony from interested parties regarding two permit applications for construction of Phase 1 of the PennEast Pipeline project in northeast Pennsylvania. The permits under review by the department include Chapter 102 for erosion and sediment control and Chapter 105 for water obstruction and encroachment. Both applications are under review by the department’s Regional Permit Coordination Office.
12/30/2020
149 awardees statewide
12/30/2020
149 awardees statewide
12/30/2020
149 awardees statewide
12/30/2020
149 awardees statewide
12/30/2020
149 awardees statewide
12/30/2020
149 awardees statewide
12/28/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today it has approved Tri-County Landfill Inc.’s application to reissue a permit to operate a municipal waste landfill in Liberty and Pine townships, Mercer County. This approval allows Tri-County Inc. to construct a new landfill, known as “Tri-County Landfill,” within the previous 99-acre permitted boundary of the landfill Tri-County, which had stopped operating in the late 1980s.
12/20/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter for Monday, December 21, 2020, in the southeastern counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia, the southcentral counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York, and the Lehigh Valley-Berks Area which includes the counties of Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton.
12/19/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter for Sunday, December 20, 2020, for the Susquehanna valley (including Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, York, and Lancaster counties), and the Lehigh valley (includes Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton counties).
12/18/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter for Saturday, December 19, 2020, in the Liberty-Clairton Area of Allegheny County which includes Clairton City, Glassport Borough, Liberty Borough, Lincoln Borough, and Port Vue Borough.
12/17/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced a consent assessment of civil penalty (CACP) with CrossAmerica Partners, LP (CrossAmerica) to address storage tank violations that occurred at 18 storage tank facilities between January 2019 and October 2020. CrossAmerica operates 26 storage tank facilities, primarily fuel stations, in the Greater Philadelphia area. At the time the CACP was offered, all outstanding violations had been corrected; the company has agreed to pay a $125,000 civil penalty.
12/17/2020
Restoration of the Lakeside boat launch in Lawrence Park Township and funds to research bird migration in the Lake Erie Costal Zone are just two of the seven projects that have been awarded more than $248,000 in grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to protect and restore the Lake Erie Coastal Zone.
12/17/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded $579,432 in grants to 12 projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone. This year’s projects emphasize research, outreach and engineering; all of which will benefit this critical habitat and ecosystem.
12/11/2020
Agreement Calls for Landfill to Assist with Disposal of Illegal Dumpsite
12/08/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced that the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority awarded $1.7 million in COVID-19 Restart Grants to 11 energy efficiency, solar energy, high-performance building, and electric vehicle charging projects halted by the pandemic.
11/20/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced it’s providing just over $6 million in grant funding to eight counties to continue support for their accelerated progress in improving local water quality in Pennsylvania’s share of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
11/17/2020
After a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) lifted drought watch for 10 counties today, returning those counties to normal status. Twenty counties remain on drought watch, and three remain on drought warning.
11/12/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued an order to prevent ETC Northeast Pipeline, LLC (ETC) from putting natural gas in unstable sections of the Revolution Pipeline located in Butler, Beaver, Allegheny and Washington counties.
11/10/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a $266,987 civil penalty against a Luzerne County man for ongoing violations related to unlawful management of thousands of waste tires at his property in Duryea Borough. The owner, Douglas Martinez, has failed to comply with a July 2018 Compliance Order and a 2019 Court Order requiring him to implement mosquito controls at the site, re-configure several waste piles, and eventually conduct a full cleanup of the site.
11/09/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter for Monday, November 9, 2020, in the southeastern counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia, the southcentral counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York, the Lehigh Valley-Berks area which includes the counties of Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton, and the Liberty-Clairton area of Allegheny County which includes Clairton City, Glassport Borough, Liberty Borough, Lincoln Borough, and Port Vue Borough.
11/07/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter for Sunday, November 8, 2020, in the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia in southeastern Pennsylvania, the counties of Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton in the Lehigh Valley-Berks area, the counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York in southcentral Pennsylvania, and the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland in southwestern Pennsylvania.