Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is honoring 22 projects completed by schools, businesses, and community organizations around the state with 2024 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence. ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA), supported by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), has launched the Keystone Energy Efficiency Program (KEEP) Home Energy Loan program, a new consumer loan program designed to assist Pennsylvania homeowners in reducing ...
DEP To Host Public Hearing for Northampton County Warehouse Project ...
Pittsburgh, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has assessed significant civil penalties totaling $1,114,000 from Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans) for air quality, waste, and oil and gas violations related to the uncontrolled gas release from Equitrans’ Rager Mountain natural ...
Wilkes-Barre, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has entered a Consent Order and Agreement (COA) with Keystone Sanitary Landfill for odor violations, including creating malodors, at its facility in the boroughs of Dunmore and Throop between November 2022 and February ...
Pittsburgh, PA – The Shapiro Administration’s efforts to enhance and improve permitting are showing early success as the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) improves online permitting, online payment, and delivers on-time permit decisions. ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced after a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force that drought watch/warning will be lifted for the last remaining 8 counties. ...
Pittsburgh, PA – Analysis of a year of sampling conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and its independent contractor found no evidence of water or soil contamination related to the derailment in Pennsylvania’s private water wells, surface water, and soil. The contractor ...
Wilkes-Barre - The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a public hearing for the proposed Warner Road Warehouse Project in Pocono Township, Monroe County. The hearing will be held on Monday, March 4, 2024 from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM at the Pocono Mountain School District Swiftwater ...
Pittsburgh, PA – As the result of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) enforcement action, a receiver will take over management and operations of the East Dunkard Water Authority’s (EDWA) non-compliant public water system. On Thursday, February 1, 2024, EDWA’s board approved ...
Pittsburgh, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has begun an emergency project to plug two leaking abandoned natural gas wells along Scrubgrass Road in Scott Township, Allegheny County. At Governor Josh Shapiro’s direction, DEP is aggressively working to plug leaking oil ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today after a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force that a drought watch has been lifted for eight counties but is in place for six counties. ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Shapiro Administration, through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), is implementing new policies that will require operators to publicly disclose chemicals they use in drilling and hydraulic fracturing earlier in the well development process. This step ...
Meadville, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded Coastal Zone Grants totaling more than $268,000 to five projects in the state’s Northwest region. The grants, which are aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Erie Coastal Zone, will be used toward projects that ...
Norristown, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded Coastal Zone Grants totaling more than $573,000 to 10 projects in the state’s Southeast region. The grants, which are aimed at protecting and restoring the Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone, will be used toward projects ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded more than $1.28 million in 2023 Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) funding to municipalities and businesses to improve air quality in communities through cleaner fuel transportation infrastructure. ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced up to $101,110,178 in funding for 16 environmental restoration projects of abandoned mine lands (AML) as a part of the Abandoned Mine Lands and Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Grant Program . These projects focus on reclaiming ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received $3 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a Priority Climate Action Plan focused on reducing emissions in the Commonwealth’s industrial sector. Upon completing the plan, DEP will ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is awarding 16 applicants more than $39.6 million, funded by the Environmental Mitigation Trust Agreement for State Beneficiaries , to replace diesel-fueled fleets with modern, zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) as a part of the ...
Pittsburgh, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has authorized an air quality plan approval to allow an onsite leachate treatment and evaporation system to be installed at Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, located in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County. ...
Wilkes-Barre, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to Keystone Sanitary Landfill (KSL) in Lackawanna County for failing to control odors from the leachate lagoons at its facility in Dunmore and Throop Boroughs. DEP’s investigation ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that 12 projects in the state’s southcentral region were awarded a total of $2,051,051 through DEP’s Growing Greener Plus grant program . These projects work to protect waterways and watersheds, reclaim abandoned ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that nine projects in the state’s southeastern region were awarded a total of $1,481,139 through DEP’s Growing Greener Plus grant program . These projects work to protect waterways and watersheds, reclaim ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that 11 projects in the state’s southwestern region were awarded a total of $2,120,547 through DEP’s Growing Greener Plus grant progra m. These projects work to protect waterways and watersheds, reclaim abandoned ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that five projects in the state’s northeastern region were awarded a total of $1,052,401 through DEP’s Growing Greener Plus grant program . These projects work to protect waterways and watersheds, reclaim ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that seven projects in the state’s northwestern region were awarded a total of $1,843,156 through DEP’s Growing Greener Plus grant program . These projects work to protect waterways and watersheds, reclaim ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that 15 projects in the state’s northcentral region were awarded a total of $2,478,520 through DEP’s Growing Greener Plus grant program . These projects work to protect waterways and watersheds, reclaim abandoned ...
Pittsburgh, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced that the Beaver County Environmental Mitigation Community Fund steering committee has finalized a protocol implementation plan , which establishes the advisory board’s role in executing projects. ...
Harrisburg, PA – January is National Radon Action Month, marking a time of increased outreach and public awareness for this serious health hazard. ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today after a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force that a drought watch will continue for 13 counties and a drought warning will continue for Clinton and York Counties. Franklin County has been elevated ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has declared a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter for Thursday, December 21, 2023, in the Liberty-Clairton Area of Allegheny County, which includes Clairton City, Glassport Borough, Liberty Borough, ...
Norristown, PA – On Sunday, December 10, 2023, excessive rain carried approximately 200 gallons of used motor oil from a facility near Mill Creek in Penndel Borough into storm drains. These storm drains exit into a tributary of Mill Creek and eventually flow into the Delaware River. A resident reported ...
Wilkes-Barre, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to Keystone Sanitary Landfill (KSL) in Lackawanna County for failure to control odors at its facility in the boroughs of Dunmore and Throop. The action comes after the DEP confirmed ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced today that the Commonwealth’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS) program has surpassed one gigawatt (GW) or 1,000 megawatts (MW) of solar energy. This ...
Pittsburgh, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will hold a public information meeting to answer questions and provide information on the proposed Maggie Lynn underground mine. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Deemston ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Energy Programs Office will host a public engagement session to give Pennsylvanians an opportunity to provide feedback on how to use federal funding aimed at addressing climate change. This is one of five sessions being ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Energy Programs Office will host a public engagement session to give Pennsylvanians an opportunity to provide feedback on how to use federal funding aimed at addressing climate change. This is one of five sessions being ...
Wilkes-Barre, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is hosting a public hearing to take testimony from the public regarding Panther Creek Power Operating, LLC's application for a plan approval to burn tire-derived fuel (TDF) as a supplemental fuel source at its facility ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today after a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force that drought watch will continue for 13 counties. Westmoreland County is also being added to the drought watch list. Clinton County has been moved to ...
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Energy Programs Office will host a public engagement session to give Pennsylvanians an opportunity to provide feedback on how to use federal funding aimed at addressing climate change. This is one of five sessions being ...