Tag: fracking
Well-pad setback petition moves on to Pennsylvania DEP
The petition asks the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to consider adopting setbacks of 3,281 feet from any building and drinking water well, 5,280 feet from any building serving vulnerable populations (including schools and hospitals) and 750 feet from any surface water. Currently, the minimum statewide setback distance from homes and private wells is 500 feet.
ODNR links earthquakes to fracking operations in Noble County
Several earthquakes in Noble County, Ohio were linked to hydraulic fracturing operations at a well pad; the Ohio Department of Natural Resources halted operations.
Pa. environmental board delays vote on petition to increase well setbacks
The Pennsylvania DEP's Environmental Quality Board tabled a petition to increase setbacks from unconventional oil and gas wells at a hearing on April 8.
ODNR to clean up brine waste at Austin Master Services facility
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources will clean up illegal fracking waste at Austin Master Services's wastewater treatment plant in Martins Ferry, Ohio.
Austin Master’s frack waste threatens Martins Ferry water sources
Austin Master Services wastewater treatment facility along the Ohio River was recently cited for improperly storing oil and gas waste.
Pa. collects $234 million in natural gas impact fees
An active year of drilling and high natural gas prices last year led Pennsylvania to collect the second largest amount ever in impact fee revenue from natural gas drillers.
Drinking water not impacted by migrating injection well waste: report
Brine from the Redbird #4 injection well in Washington County, Ohio migrated out of its injection zone in 2019 and into several nearby oil and gas production wells. That brine did not affect the private drinking water wells tested, according to a study published by ODNR earlier this summer.
Pa. DEP to require landfills to test for radium from fracking...
The Pennsylvania DEP is now requiring all landfills to test leachate for radioactive materials commonly found in unconventional oil and gas waste, even though a department study found "no significant differences in radium levels between landfills that accept oil and gas waste compared with those that do not."
Suit seeking to overturn Delaware River basin fracking ban tossed
Judge Paul S. Diamond said the dispute between the Delaware River Basin Commission, Republican lawmakers and several municipalities “is essentially political and so best resolved by the political branches of government.”
Pa. lawmakers want stricter regulations on fracking
Democratic lawmakers introduced a slew of bills meant to tighten up regulations on Pennsylvania’s shale gas industry. The package of legislation came as a response to last summer’s grand jury report on the unconventional oil and gas industry, which found the DEP failed to protect residents from the health impacts of fracking.
