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DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities

By Hobi Nulis May 25, 2024 No comments

The following DEP notices were published in the October 8 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industrial facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

Note: Land Recycling/Brownfield cleanups include a Callon (Marcellus) LLL Yarasavage 1H well pad in Washington Twp., Wyoming County where DEP said the company lost control of a natural gas well causing a fire at the compressor unit and spilling an estimated 800 gallons of drilling wastewater. DEP sent the company a technical deficiency letter on their final cleanup report [DEP eFACTS facility ID 762556]

The list also includes three Risk Assessments submitted by ARG Refinery in Bradford, McKean County.

Land Recycling Cleanups

-- Coterra Energy, Inc. - J. Griffiths Pad 1 Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with diesel-based drilling mud in Rush Twp., Susquehanna County (PA Bulletin, page 6410)

-- ARG Refinery in Bradford, McKean County submitted a Risk Assessment related to remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, Xylenes (total), Cumene (Isopropylbenzene), Methyl tert- Butyl Ether, Naphthalene, Trimethyl benzene, 1,2,4- (Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,4-), Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,5-, Fluorene, Phenanthrene, Anthracene, Pyrene, Chrysene, Benzo(a)anthracene, Benzo(b)fluoranthene, Benzo(a)- pyrene, Benzo(g,h,i)perylene and groundwater: Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, Xylenes (total), Cumene (Isopropylbenzene), Methyl tert-Butyl Ether, Naphtha- lene, Trimethyl benzene, 1,2,4-(Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,4-), Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,5-, Phenanthrene, Pyrene, Chrysene for EU-1E (PA Bulletin, page 6410)

-- ARG Refinery in Bradford, McKean County submitted a Risk Assessment related to remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with [different list] Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, Xylenes (total), Cumene (Isopropylbenzene), Methyl tert- Butyl Ether, Naphthalene, Trimethyl benzene, 1,2,4- (Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,4-), Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,5-, Fluorene, Phenanthrene, Anthracene, Pyrene, Chrysene, Benzo(a)anthracene, Benzo(b)fluoranthene, Benzo(a)- pyrene, Benzo(g,h,i)perylene and groundwater: Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, Xylenes (total), Cumene (Isopropylbenzene), Methyl tert-Butyl Ether, Naphtha- lene, Trimethyl benzene, 1,2,4-(Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,4-), Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,5-, Phenanthrene, Pyrene, Chrysene for EU-1W (PA Bulletin, page 6410)

-- Greylock Conventional LLC - Greylock Skib A Well Pad in Jefferson Twp., Greene County Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, iron, lead, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, zinc, arsenic, and copper (PA Bulletin, page 6411)

-- Callon (Marcellus) LLC - Yarasavage Well Pad in Washington Twp., Wyoming County DEP issued technical deficiency letter on Final Report on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with frac flowback fluid (drilling wastewater) contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, chloride, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, vanadium, zinc and other compounds that were released as the result when a driller lost control of a natural gas well. (PA Bulletin, page 6412)

-- CNX Gas Company, LLC - GH6 Well Pad in Center Twp., Greene County DEP approved Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, stron- tium, vanadium, and zinc (PA Bulletin, page 6413)

-- EQT Corporation - Lumber Well Pad in Springhill Twp., Greene County DEP approved Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, and zinc (PA Bulletin, page 6413)

Oil & Gas Well Drilling Permits [9.30.22]*

-- Last Week - Permits: DEP issued 9 conventional and 3 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Permits: DEP issued 232 conventional and 589 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Wells Drilled: 173 conventional and 438 unconventional

-- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 3,570 conventional and 900 unconventional

*DEP’s Weekly Oil & Gas Program Workload Report

DEP Issued These New Oil & Gas Permits [9.26.22 to 10.2.22]*

-- Bradford County, Leroy Twp.: Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Unconventional

-- McKean County, Sergeant Twp.: PVE Oil Corp - Conventional (7 wells)

-- Susquehanna County, Harford Twp.: Coterra Energy Inc. - Unconventional

-- Warren County, Warren City: John D. Branch - Conventional (2 wells)

-- Washington County, Nottingham Twp.: Range Resources Appalachia LLC - Unconventional

*Click Here for Excel File listing permit details

Pipeline Compressor/Pumping Stations/Engines

-- Eastern Gas Transmission - Intent to issue Air Quality Permit for Stoney Run Compressor Station in Gaskill Twp., Jefferson County. (PA Bulletin, page 6389)

-- Williams Field Services Co. - Fraser Compressor Station in Forest Lake Twp., Susquehanna County issued DEP Air Quality Permit for 6 engines, emergency generator dehydrator with reboiler 4 condensate tanks (PA Bulletin, page 6416)

-- Diversified Productions, LLC - Silvis Compressor Station in Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland County issued DEP Air Quality Permit for engine, 4 produced water tanks, truck loadout, venting/blowdowns and fugitive emissions (PA Bulletin, page 6416)

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream and Resources LLC - Tupta Day Compressor Station in Amwell Twp., Washington County issued DEP Air Quality Permit for 5 engines, one dehydrator unit, reboiler, 3 produced water and condensate tanks (PA Bulletin, page 6416)

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream and Resources LLC - MarkWest Lowrey Compressor Station in Hopewell Twp., Washington County issued DEP Air Quality Permit for station (PA Bulletin, page 6418)

-- Columbia Gas Transmission Corp - Marietta Compressor Station in East Donegal Twp., Lancaster County issued DEP Air Quality Permit for changes at station (PA Bulletin, page 6418)

-- Coterra Energy, Inc. - Romeika J. Pad 1 Well Site compressor engine in Gibson Twp., Susquehanna County issued DEP Air Quality Permit (PA Bulletin, page 6415)

-- Coterra Energy, Inc. -Howell G. Pad 1 Well Site engine issued DEP Air Quality Permit in Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County (PA Bulletin, page 6416)

-- Coterra Energy, Inc. - Reynen J. Pad 1 Well Site engine issued DEP Air Quality Permit in Harford Twp., Susquehanna County (PA Bulletin, page 6416)

Waste Facilities

-- SWN Production Company - Fiondi Water Transfer Facility - DEP approves application for WMGR123 Residual Waste Permit for beneficial use of oil and gas liquid waste for processing, transfer in Middletown Twp., Susquehanna County (PA Bulletin, page 6415)

Chapter 105 Encroachment Permits

-- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Jacobs Bra Well Pad submitted after-the-fact Chapter 105 Environmental Assessment covering construction activities affecting wetlands in Rome Twp., Bradford County (PA Bulletin, page 6421)

Erosion & Sedimentation Permits

-- Seneca Resources Co., LLC - DEP issues Chapter 102 permit for project affecting Crooked Creek in Chatham Twp., Tioga County (PA Bulletin, page 6422)

-- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - DEP issues Chapter 102 permit for project affecting Dry Run stream in Rome Twp., Bradford County (PA Bulletin, page 6422)

-- Laurel Mountain Production - DEP issues Chapter 102 permit for project affecting North Branch Bear Creek in Perry Township and Parker City, Armstrong County and Parker Twp., Butler County (PA Bulletin, page 6422)

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Previous Articles - DEP Oil & Gas Industrial Facility Notices:

-- DEP/Susquehanna River Basin Commission Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [10.3.22]

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [9.26.22]

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [9.19.22]

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [9.12.22]

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [9.5.22]

DEP Posts 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 8 PA Bulletin

By Hobi Nulis May 22, 2024 No comments

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the October 8 PA Bulletin--

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 8 PA Bulletin it is now accepting applications for up to $1 million in Small Business Advantage Grants to support natural resource conservation, energy efficiency and pollution prevention projects. The deadline is March 24.

-- DEP Public Notices - Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities

PA Bulletin - October 8, 2022

Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 61 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the October 8 PA Bulletin - pages 6363 to 6424.

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[Posted: October 7, 2022]

DEP Awards $3 Million To Restore Watersheds Statewide By Reducing Water Pollution

By Hobi Nulis May 14, 2024 No comments

On October 7, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the award of $3 million in grant funding to local governments and organizations to restore the health of local watersheds around the state by reducing water pollution.

“Reducing current and future nonpoint source pollution is critical to restoring the health of the water ecosystems Pennsylvanians depend on,” said DEP Acting Secretary Ramez Ziadeh. “It requires painstaking work based on understanding the impact that activities on land have on our streams and rivers. DEP is pleased to support communities across Pennsylvania who are working to improve their watersheds one stream segment, one land parcel, one best-practice project at a time.”

The grants target nonpoint source pollution, or pollution that enters streams and rivers from widespread sources, rather than from a single specific discharge point, such as a pipe.

About 95% of water-quality-impaired watersheds in Pennsylvania are affected by the following types of nonpoint source pollution:

-- Nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution from agricultural activities, urban stormwater runoff, and streambank and shoreline erosion; and

-- Iron, aluminum, and acidity pollution associated with energy resource extraction and acid mine drainage (AMD).

Funding comes from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, authorized through Section 319(h) of the federal Water Pollution Control Act.

The DEP Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Grants program supports projects that carry out best management practices specified in plans for 42 watersheds around the state, with special consideration for projects in Pennsylvania’s share of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Development of new plans for additional impaired watersheds is also supported.

The 2022 Section 319 Grant funding went to the following recipients:

Statewide

Villanova University: $644,493 to continue the National Monitoring Program study to conduct long-term observation and analysis at three stormwater management sites on campus: a stormwater wetland, a bioinfiltration rain garden, and the Commons student housing development/stormwater infrastructure site.

This monitoring study follows past strategies and leverages a long dataset to inform future recommendations for design and implementation of stormwater best management practices throughout the state.

Allegheny County

Hampton Township: $343,799 for floodplain restoration and reconnection, stream segment restoration, and streambank buffer enhancements along Pine Creek. The projects annually will remove approximately 20.7 pounds of nitrogen, 2.3 pounds of phosphorus, and 15.7 tons of sediment from the creek. For more details, see the Pine Creek Watershed Implementation Plan.

Clearfield County

Clearfield County Conservation District: $219,347 for Phase 1 of a two-phase AMD treatment project for Montgomery Creek in Pike Township. The flow and content of three AMD discharges into Killer Tributary will be monitored for 18 months. The data will inform development of a treatment system that will be constructed in Phase 2.

The entire project will remove 73% of the AMD in the Killer Tributary and significantly improve water quality downstream on the main stem of Montgomery Creek. For more details, see the Montgomery Creek Watershed Implementation Plan.

Dauphin County

Tri-County Conewago Creek Association: $104,000 to design and apply for permitting for stream segment restoration, streambank buffer planting, and bioswale enhancement projects at locations on Hoffer Creek, Conewago Creek main stem, and unnamed tributaries to Conewago Creek in Londonderry and Conewago townships.

When constructed, the projects annually will remove 3,839 pounds of nitrogen, 773 pounds of phosphorus, and over 655,000 pounds of sediment from Conewago Creek.

This project is part of the Conewago Creek Watershed Implementation Plan as well as the Dauphin Countywide Action Plan in Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Phase 3 Watershed Implementation Plan.

Indiana County

Indiana County Conservation District: $322,920 to design and construct an animal heavy use area and manure storage facility at a farm in East Mahoning Township at the headwaters of South Branch Plum Creek. Providing a stabilized area for livestock to congregate in winter months and preventing soil erosion and nutrient runoff, project annually will remove 450 pounds of nitrogen and 62 pounds of phosphorus from the creek. For more details, see the South Branch Plum Creek Watershed Implementation Plan.

Lancaster County

Donegal Chapter of Trout Unlimited: $188,500 to design and permit projects at three sites in Fulton Township to restore stream segments and plant forest buffers on the main stem Conowingo Creek and the Little Conowingo Creek. These projects are part of the Conowingo Creek Watershed Implementation Plan as well as the Lancaster Countywide Action Plan in Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Phase 3 Watershed Implementation Plan.

Lebanon County

Doc Fritchey Chapter of Trout Unlimited: $457,645 to complete design and permitting for a stream restoration project on Hammer Creek at Barry Farm. The project will reconnect the floodplain, install livestock exclusion fencing, and plant forest buffers around restored stream segments and wetlands. These will stabilize approximately 8,800 linear feet of streambank, restore 3 acres of wetlands, and install 17 acres of forest streambank buffers, reducing sediment erosion at this site by over 80 percent. This project is part of the Hammer Creek Headwaters Alternative Restoration Plan as well as the Lebanon Countywide Action Plan in Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Phase 3 Watershed Implementation Plan.

Schuylkill County

Schuylkill Headwaters Association: $292,450 to design and permit a reclamation project for abandoned de-silting basins encompassing 100 acres in Schuylkill Haven. Coal waste will be removed, floodplain will be restored, a wetland will be created, and streambank will stabilized and planted with a forest buffer along a segment of the Schuylkill River. The project is a priority of the Upper Schuylkill River Watershed Implementation Plan.

York County

York County Conservation District: $510,879 to restore a stream segment and plant two acres of riparian buffer along a tributary to South Branch Codorus Creek at Terra Farm in Codorus Township to reduce urban and agricultural nonpoint source pollution in this impaired stream. This project annually will remove 6,000 pounds of nitrogen, 10,200 pounds of phosphorus, and 72.8 tons of sediment. The project will advance the Codorus Creek Watershed Implementation Plan as well as the York Countywide Action Plan in Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Phase 3 Watershed Implementation Plan.

Visit DEP’s Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Grants Program webpage for more information.

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