09/30/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced $2.9 million in grant funding to replace old diesel trucks and school buses with zero- and low-emission vehicles. The funding comes from Pennsylvania’s share of the national settlement with Volkswagen Group of America for cheating on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions tests. To date, the Wolf Administration has awarded more than $64 million statewide.
09/21/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) filed a remediation plan that addresses contamination in soil, groundwater, and surface water, and provides for a public water connection to a private homeowner at the Bishop Tube Hazardous Site Cleanup Act (HSCA) site in East Whiteland Township, Chester County.
09/13/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today hosted a virtual roundtable with environmentalists honoring the late scientist, ecologist, editor, writer, and Pennsylvania native Rachel Carson for her seminal environmental literary work, “Silent Spring.” A recap of the roundtable is available on DEP’s Facebook homepage.
09/13/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today after a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force that, despite recent rainfall, 36 counties remain on drought watch, with continued voluntary water conservation requested.
09/09/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently began field activities as part of its environmental investigation at the former Erie Coke Inc. property at 925 E. Bay Drive in the city of Erie.
09/08/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced it’s offering bigger consumer rebates for electric vehicles, with a focus on working-class households, and providing $3.4 million in Pennsylvania Volkswagen settlement funds for installation of 54 DC fast chargers in 16 locations in major traffic corridors.
09/07/2022
Project will encompass seven counties in PA
09/07/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a virtual roundtable event with environmentalists and people familiar with the late biologist, environmentalist, and writer Rachel Carson’s work to honor her legacy and seminal environmental literary work, “Silent Spring,” on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM.
09/07/2022
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Acting Secretary Ramez Ziadeh will announce the latest ways DEP is helping drive the transition to electric transportation statewide.
08/31/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced the Commonwealth Drought Task Force has declared a drought watch for 36 counties and asks for voluntary water conservation in those counties.
08/29/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will hold a an in-person and virtual public hearing to collect public testimony on a draft air quality plan approval to allow for the construction and initial temporary operation of a leachate evaporation system at Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, located in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County.
08/26/2022
Representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) joined with the Donegal chapter of Trout Unlimited today to highlight stream restoration projects in the Fishing Creek watershed, which is part of the larger Chesapeake Bay watershed.
08/25/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a media event at Camp Andrews in Holtwood, Lancaster County, to highlight stream restoration projects installed in Fishing Creek with grant funding from the EPA Section 319 program. Projects like these are part of Pennsylvania’s efforts to improve local water quality and reduce pollution to the Chesapeake Bay. Representatives from DEP and local partner Trout Unlimited Donegal Chapter will describe the work and the benefits for clean water.
08/24/2022
Pennsylvanians invited to virtual public meeting on August 31, 2022
08/23/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) visited the Williamsport Municipal Water Authority (WMWA) today to tour portions of the reservoir and treatment facilities that provide drinking water to more than 51,000 customers in the greater Williamsport area and discuss the importance of proactive source water protection efforts to maintaining water quality.
08/22/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today released the draft 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan identifying regional and statewide water resources priorities and recommending statewide and legislative actions to address those priorities. Pennsylvanians are invited to review the draft plan and provide comments on it.
08/22/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will visit the Williamsport Municipal Water Authority on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, to tour portions of the reservoir and treatment facilities that provide drinking water to the greater Williamsport area and discuss the importance of proactive source water protection efforts.
08/22/2022
Close to a million dollars in funding available
08/17/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will hold three virtual informal public conferences to discuss major permit modification applications it is currently reviewing, submitted by Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC (Consol), for underground bituminous coal mines in Greene County.
08/03/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that $900,000 in grant funding is available for environmental education projects.
08/03/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing Thursday, August 4, 2022, to accept comments on the proposed construction of a convenience store in Antis Township, Blair County. The hearing will be held at the Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Company, 2134 Old 6th Avenue Road, Altoona, PA 16601, beginning at 6:30 PM.
08/03/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has declared a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Thursday, August 4, 2022, in the Philadelphia Area, which includes the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia, and the Susquehanna Valley Area, which includes the counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York.
08/02/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that it has executed a consent order and agreement (COA) with Harsco Corporation (Harsco) for violations of the Solid Waste Management Act that occurred from 2010 to 2018. DEP assessed and collected a $100,000 civil penalty, and the company has agreed to corrective actions.
07/29/2022
The Wolf Administration will announce a new anti-litter campaign aimed at changing behavior of Pennsylvanians and reducing the amount of trash on roads and in streams and rivers. Representatives from the Pennsylvania Departments of Transportation, Environmental Protection, Community and Economic Development and the State Police will join Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful to discuss the new campaign on Monday, August 1, 2022, at 1:00 PM at the City Island Boat Launch in Harrisburg.
07/26/2022
Summertime is for swimming pools and lemonade, not for mosquito bites and diseases like West Nile Virus, so the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is encouraging residents to Fight the Bite and protect themselves.
07/25/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will demonstrate mosquito surveillance and control equipment and encourage Pennsylvania residents to Fight the Bite and protect themselves from mosquitoes.
07/23/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has declared a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Sunday, July 24, 2022, in the Philadelphia Area, which includes the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia.
07/22/2022
DEP to Hold Two Public Hearings and a Public Comment Until September 12, 2022
07/22/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has declared a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Saturday, July 23, 2022, in the Philadelphia Area, which includes the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia.
07/20/2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will hold a public hearing Thursday, August 4, 2022, regarding M&G Realty, Inc.’s application for a DEP individual National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to construct a convenience store in Antis Township, Blair County. The hearing will be held at the Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Company, 2134 Old 6th Avenue Road, Altoona, PA 16601, beginning at 6:30 PM.