U.S. EPA yesterday ended the latest chapter in the turbulent drilling dispute in Dimock, Pa., finding that contaminant levels in its water show no health threat and no connection to hydraulic fracturing chemicals. Because of that, the agency said, it will stop delivering water to four households in the small northeastern Pennsylvania community that was… Read more
Allen Stewart, P.C. attorneys celebrate $1.6 Million settlement for landowners harmed by oil and gas drilling. DALLAS, Jun 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Attorneys with Allen Stewart, P.C. announced today that a group of Pennsylvania landowners represented by the Dallas-based law firm have settled their claims against oil and gas giant Chesapeake Energy Corporation for… Read more
Hazleton Oil and Environmental Inc. is alleged to have dumped contaminated soil, stored hazardous waste and discharged antifreeze into sewer drains at their Banks Township location without a state permit, according to an affidavit of probable cause for a warrant authorizing searches at three properties. Numerous other allegations are listed in paperwork that authorized agents… Read more
standardspeaker.com/news/area-oil-firm-under-investigation-1.1332769 An investigation is under way at an oil recycling firm south of Hazleton where vehicles of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection were parked and an excavating machine was at work Wednesday afternoon. At Hazleton Oil and Environmental on state Route 309 in Banks Township, workers congregated inside a fence around a tank farm… Read more
The number of natural gas compressor stations planned for Northeastern Pennsylvania is multiplying as companies lay more pipelines to carry Marcellus Shale gas to customers. The state has issued or is considering 29 air quality permits for separate stations in the northeast region, all of them in Susquehanna, Wyoming and Luzerne counties, according to a… Read more
www.stargazette.com/article/20120521/NEWS11/205210388/Bradford-County-water-wells-tested-methane?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE&nclick_check=1 May. 21, 2012 Pa. officials, Chesapeake try to determine cause of gas migration Pennsylvania officials and Chesapeake Energy are investigating a possible methane gas migration issue in Leroy Township in Bradford County. The Department of Environmental Protection’s Oil and Gas Program received the initial report on Saturday evening, said Daniel Spadoni, the agency’s community… Read more
citizensvoice.com/news/five-spills-reported-at-gas-pipeline-sites-1.1313538#axzz1uZEq4r00 By Elizabeth Skrapits (Staff Writer) Published: May 11, 2012 DALLAS TWP. – The state Department of Environmental Protection is monitoring a series of drilling mud spills at a natural gas pipeline installation. Chief Gathering LLC, recently bought out by PVR Partners, hired contractors to install a pipeline to connect natural gas wells in Susquehanna… Read more
www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-tamaqua-cancer-cluster-20120430,0,6418002.story By Andrew McGill, Of The Morning Call 11:26 p.m. EDT, April 30, 2012 After a long year, Pennsylvania’s coal country still knows only three things for sure. People are getting cancer in the region, rare cancer. They’re dying. And no one can say why. In a Centers for Disease Control investigation that has already… Read more
citizensvoice.com/news/state-investigating-methane-in-water-near-dimock-twp-1.1307137#axzz1t9VLaOeL By Laura Legere (Staff Writer) Published: April 28, 2012 State environmental regulators are investigating a possible case of methane migrating into water supplies just north of the 9-square-mile box in Dimock Township where the state halted a gas driller’s operations because of methane contamination in 2010. Regulators with the state Department of Environmental Protection… Read more
republicanherald.com/news/1-8-million-gallons-of-sewage-leaks-into-river-in-tamaqua-1.1306715# By KENT JACKSON (Staff Writerkjackson@standardspeaker.com) Published: April 27, 2012 TAMAQUA – Contractors on Thursday finished patching a concrete pipe through which workers accidentally drilled, causing up to 1.8 million gallons of sewage to spill into the Little Schuylkill River in Tamaqua a day earlier. The state Department of Environmental Protection will continue to investigate… Read more
