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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

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 . Sign Up For DEP’s eNotice: Did you know DEP can send you email notices of permit applications submitted in your community?  Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?  All through its eNotice system.  Click Here to sign up. Related Tools ---------------------- Visit DEP’s Public Participatio

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 n