+ Diaries Of The Diabolical

Are You Telling Your Story? Senate returns to session October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, November 15 [Adjourn for year]      -- Committee Schedule House returns to session October 24, 25, 26, November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year]      -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events     TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted . DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  DEP Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation’s River Street Facility, 29 North River St., Plains, Luzerne County. Contact Daniel Snowden dsnowden@pa.gov or 717-783-8846.  ( formal notice )   -- EQB Adopts Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities; And A First-Ever State MCL For PFOS/PFOA   [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: DEP Races To Finish Regulations To Limit Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Facilities With $450 Million In Federal Highway Funds At Stake -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: DEP Moves Reg. Forward To Limit Methane Emissions From Conventional Gas Wells, Seeks To Beat F

On October 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has executed a $670,000 consent assessment of civil penalty with Shell Pipeline Company LP and its contractor, Minnesota Limited LLC, for violations of its permit and Pennsylvania laws and regulations that occurred in 2019 and 2020 during construction of the company’s Falcon pipeline project.  Between March 14, 2019, and April 9, 2021, DEP and the Allegheny, Beaver, and Washington County conservation districts, on DEP’s behalf, conducted at least 67 inspections of the pipeline construction sites to determine compliance by Shell Pipeline Company and Minnesota Limited with permits as well as state laws and regulations.  DEP and the conservation districts observed violations resulting in sediment pollution from pipeline construction sites entering waters of the Commonwealth as well as violations that had the potential to cause sediment pollution into waters of the Commonwealth. However, no visual aquatic impacts were