03/31/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has authorized an emergency contract to stabilize a hillside threatening a home in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County. The earth movement is uphill of and affecting an abandoned mine land (AML) reclamation project DEP undertook in 2011.
03/17/2020
To prevent the possible spread of COVID-19, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has canceled three public hearings to gather public input on proposed modifications to three localized Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) section of the Mariner East 2 pipeline project in parts of Chester and Delaware counties. The hearings were advertised in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on March 14, 2020 (50 Pa. B. 1620 – 1622).
03/17/2020
Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals, L.P. Draft Plan Approval No. 23-0119E, 23-0119J
03/16/2020
Interested individuals invited to submit written comments.<br><br>To prevent the possible spread of COVID-19, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has canceled three public hearings to gather public input on proposed rulemaking that would amend state regulation to establish groundwater and soil cleanup standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at contaminated properties. The hearings had been advertised in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, but to date, DEP had only received one attendee registration.
03/03/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has approved Allegheny Mineral Corporation’s Surface Mine Permit No. 37160301, Mine 57, application for a large noncoal mining permit in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County.
03/02/2020
Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals, L.P. Draft Plan Approval No. 23-0119E, 23-0119J
02/18/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that it has negotiated a consent order and agreement with Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, a residual/municipal waste landfill located in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, to address violations of its permit and the Solid Waste Management Act.
02/12/2020
Project will reclaim 75 acres of abandoned mine lands, extinguish underground mine fire
02/05/2020
Today the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Department of Transportation (PennDOT), and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful released the results of the first statewide comprehensive research on litter, the cost of cleaning it up, and attitudes toward litter and announced the formation of a state-led workgroup to shift Pennsylvania’s strategy from cleanup to prevention.
01/30/2020
On Thursday, February 13, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will unveil preliminary draft regulations to allow Pennsylvania to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
01/29/2020
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today it’s helping counties hit the ground running on water quality improvement in Pennsylvania’s part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed by supplying $789,400 in funding for local coordinators to head up county action plans and $690,000 in grant funds to get planned projects underway.
01/28/2020
Following a public hearing, local municipal involvement process, and extensive technical and environmental review, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued permits to PA Waste LLC for the construction of a new 5,000 tons-per-day, double-lined, municipal waste landfill in Boggs Township, Clearfield County.
01/23/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) on Friday, January 24, 2020, for the Susquehanna Valley (Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, and York counties) and Lehigh Valley (Northampton, Berks, and Lehigh counties).<br>
01/22/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter on January 23, 2020, for the Liberty-Clairton area in Allegheny County.
01/16/2020
Orders Sunoco to Spend an Additional $1.15 Million on Fish Habitat Rehabilitation
01/15/2020
On Thursday, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a public meeting to answer questions from residents regarding the Gravel Hill Enterprises mulching and composting project to be located in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County. The project proposes to bring in material to be composted for landscaping purposes.
01/13/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today ordered Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC (Range Resources) to address its gas well in Moreland Township, Lycoming County, which has caused methane to escape and pollute groundwater and multiple surface waters.
01/09/2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today it has approved Chrin Landfill’s application for a permit renewal and an expansion at its facility in Williams Township, Northampton County. The combined actions allow Chrin to continue operating until January 6, 2030, and to expand its existing landfill by 30 acres to the east.
01/08/2020
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) reminds the more than 2.5 million Pennsylvania households that heat with oil or propane to take a commonsense approach to maintaining their fuel supply for a safe winter.
01/06/2020
Students at Dingman-Delaware Middle School in Pike County are helping to encourage Pennsylvanians to do a simple home test for radon in January, National Radon Action Month. This invisible, odorless, naturally occurring radioactive gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer.
01/03/2020
Department Collects One of the Largest Civil Penalties in Single Settlement History
12/26/2019
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has entered into a consent order and agreement (COA) with Patriot Shield Pennsylvania, LLC (Patriot Shield), a hemp drying, processing, and storage facility in Jeannette, Westmoreland County, addressing air quality violations. This COA replaces the administrative order issued by DEP on November 27, 2019, which stemmed from several citizen complaints of malodors.
12/24/2019
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and its regional air quality partnership have forecast a Code Orange air quality action day for fine particulate matter on Wednesday, December 25, 2019, for the Liberty-Clairton area in Allegheny County.
12/23/2019
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter on December 24, 2019, for the Liberty-Clairton area in Allegheny County.
12/20/2019
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a public meeting to answer questions from residents about two permit applications from Gravel Hill Enterprises, Inc. to construct and operate a compost and mulching facility in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County.
12/20/2019
Strict oversight of restoration of streams and other water supplies impacted by coal mining in western Pennsylvania led to a dramatic decrease in resolution times, according to a report prepared by the University of Pittsburgh for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
12/19/2019
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today issued an administrative order to the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa (MWAA) for drinking water violations. MWAA is a public water system that sources its water from groundwater wells and serves 6,575 metered connections in Beaver County.
12/16/2019
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that Covanta Environmental Solutions, LLC has agreed to a consent assessment of civil penalty to resolve violations at its residual waste facility in New Castle, PA.
12/02/2019
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today issued an administrative order to Patriot Shield Pennsylvania, LLC, a hemp drying facility in Jeannette, Westmoreland County, to cease operation. This enforcement action follows two notices of violation sent to the facility following citizen complaints and inspections by DEP staff documenting malodors, as well as the installation and operation of equipment without DEP authorization.
11/27/2019
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that Clarion Boards, LLC, a subsidiary of Kronospan, has agreed to a Consent Assessment of Civil Penalty in the amount of $229,950 for operation violations that occurred between 2017 and February 2019 at the Clarion Boards facility in Paint Township, Clarion County.