2011-09-22 - Franklin Township, HOLLENBECK 1H: Pit and tanks not constructed with sufficient capacity to contain pollutional substances. - WILLIAMS PRODUCTION APPALACHIA LLC
2011-09-22 - Franklin Township, HOLLENBECK 1H: Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. - WILLIAMS PRODUCTION APPALACHIA LLC
2011-09-22 - Franklin Township, HOLLENBECK 1H: Failure to adopt pollution prevention measures required or prescribed by DEP by handling materials that create a danger of pollution. - WILLIAMS PRODUCTION APPALACHIA LLC
2011-09-19 - Springville Township, TEEL UNIT 2H: Rat hole not filled - CHIEF OIL & GAS LLC
2011-09-15 - Auburn Township, MAIOLINI 3: Pit and tanks not constructed with sufficient capacity to contain pollutional substances. - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-09-15 - Auburn Township, MAIOLINI 3: Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-09-15 - Auburn Township, MAIOLINI 3: Clean Streams Law-General. Used only when a specific CLS code cannot be used - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-09-13 - Liberty Township, CARTY 5H: Failure to report defective, insufficient, or improperly cemented casing within 24 hrs or submit plan to correct within 30 days - WILLIAMS PRODUCTION APPALACHIA LLC
2011-09-13 - Liberty Township, CARTY 3H: Failure to design, implement or maintain BMPs to minimize the potential for accelerated erosion and sedimentation. - WILLIAMS PRODUCTION APPALACHIA LLC
2011-09-02 - Dimock Township, GREENWOOD 1: Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-09-02 - Dimock Township, GESFORD 4R: Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-09-02 - Dimock Township, GESFORD 4R: Failure to post pit approval number - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-09-02 - Dimock Township, GREENWOOD 1: Clean Streams Law-General. Used only when a specific CLS code cannot be used - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-09-02 - Dimock Township, GESFORD 4R: Clean Streams Law-General. Used only when a specific CLS code cannot be used - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-09-01 - Springville Township, R HULL 1H: Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-09-01 - Springville Township, R HULL 1H: Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d) - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-09-01 - Springville Township, R HULL 1H: Clean Streams Law-General. Used only when a specific CLS code cannot be used - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-08-29 - Springville Township, AUGUSTINE 3: Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-08-29 - Springville Township, AUGUSTINE 3: Clean Streams Law-General. Used only when a specific CLS code cannot be used - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-08-25 - Springville Township, JOHN LOPATOFSKY 1V: Pit and tanks not constructed with sufficient capacity to contain pollutional substances. - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-08-25 - Springville Township, JOHN LOPATOFSKY 1V: Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-08-25 - Springville Township, JOHN LOPATOFSKY 1V: Clean Streams Law-General. Used only when a specific CLS code cannot be used - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-08-23 - Springville Township, AUGUSTINE 3: Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-08-23 - Springville Township, AUGUSTINE 3: Clean Streams Law-General. Used only when a specific CLS code cannot be used - CABOT OIL & GAS CORP
2011-08-17 - Rush Township, DELHAGEN N SUS 2H: Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d) - CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
2011-08-09 - Lenox Township, NORTH GERFIN PRICE GU 3H: Pit and tanks not constructed with sufficient capacity to contain pollutional substances. - SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY PROD CO
2011-08-09 - Auburn Township, RYLEE 3H: Failure to adopt pollution prevention measures required or prescribed by DEP by handling materials that create a danger of pollution. - CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
2011-08-09 - Lenox Township, NORTH GERFIN PRICE GU 3H: Failure to adopt pollution prevention measures required or prescribed by DEP by handling materials that create a danger of pollution. - SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY PROD CO
2011-08-01 - Auburn Township, WHITE 627453 2H: Pit and tanks not constructed with sufficient capacity to contain pollutional substances. - CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
2011-08-01 - Auburn Township, WHITE 627456 5H: O&G Act 223-General. Used only when a specific O&G Act code cannot be used - CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
2011-08-01 - Auburn Township, WHITE 627453 2H: O&G Act 223-General. Used only when a specific O&G Act code cannot be used - CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
2011-08-01 - Auburn Township, WHITE 627456 5H: Failure to restore well site within nine months after completion of drilling, failure to remove all pits, drilling supplies and equipment not needed for production. - CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
2011-08-01 - Auburn Township, WHITE 627453 2H: Failure to restore site within 9 months of completion of drilling or plugging - CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
2011-08-01 - Auburn Township, WHITE 627456 5H: Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. - CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
2011-08-01 - Auburn Township, WHITE 627453 2H: Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. - CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
2011-08-01 - Auburn Township, WHITE 627453 2H: Failure to notify DEP of pollution incident. No phone call made forthwith - CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
2011-08-01 - Auburn Township, WHITE 627453 2H: Failure to maintain 2 feet of freeboard in an impoundment. - CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
2011-08-01 - Auburn Township, WHITE 627453 2H: Failure to adopt pollution prevention measures required or prescribed by DEP by handling materials that create a danger of pollution. - CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
2011-08-01 - Auburn Township, WHITE 627453 2H: Discharge of pollultional material to waters of Commonwealth. - CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
2011-07-20 - Franklin Township, HOLLENBECK 3H: Failure to report defective, insufficient, or improperly cemented casing within 24 hrs or submit plan to correct within 30 days - WILLIAMS PRODUCTION APPALACHIA LLC
2011-07-20 - Franklin Township, HOLLENBECK 3H: Failure to install, in a permanent manner, the permit number on a completed well - WILLIAMS PRODUCTION APPALACHIA LLC
2011-07-07 - Franklin Township, HOLLENBECK 1H: Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. - WILLIAMS PRODUCTION APPALACHIA LLC
2011-07-07 - Franklin Township, HOLLENBECK 1H: Failure to notify DEP of pollution incident. No phone call made forthwith - WILLIAMS PRODUCTION APPALACHIA LLC
2011-07-07 - Franklin Township, HOLLENBECK 1H: Failure to adopt pollution prevention measures required or prescribed by DEP by handling materials that create a danger of pollution. - WILLIAMS PRODUCTION APPALACHIA LLC
Check out this Susquehanna River Basin site, gis.srbc.net/WRPMap/, where you can zoom to state and then county to see a map of various types of drilling activity impacting water.
There is a new photo gallery in our Photo section. Mark Ovaska -is a photojournalist who has worked for many well known publications including the Wall St. Journal. He has been working on a series of photos documenting the effect of gas drilling on the land and people of the Marcellus Shale region. His galleries are full of illuminating images.
DEP's inspection records are very difficult to navigate. I've written a script which assembles Susquehanna, Lycoming, Potter, Wayne counties. The scrolling violations in the left sidebar are in Susquehanna County, from the 2nd quarter of 2010. To ask for other specific counties, please contact me. Techies, view details here.
The Times Tribune has completed a six-month investigation of natural gas drilling in our area. Visit their Marcellus Shale section for links to the articles, drilling news, and more.
The investigation found: There have been hundreds of spills at natural gas well sites in the commonwealth over the last five years, the vast majority of which have never been publicized by the DEP. The massive effort to exploit the shale has left an indelible mark on the landscape and communities in the state's Northern Tier and southwestern region, bearing both economic benefits and environmental costs. Experiences in those regions offer a preview of gas development in the seven counties of Northeast Pennsylvania, where a dozen Marcellus Shale operators hold leases to drill. Despite industry claims that it discloses all of the chemicals it uses in the gas extraction process, DEP documents from a series of spills in Susquehanna County show that the industry's disclosure is incomplete and insufficient for determining contamination in soil and water. A growing chorus of scientists is arguing that not enough is known about the effect widespread gas drilling will have on water supplies, air quality and human health to justify the intensive development of the resource already taking place.
The investigation found:
All information on wells, permits, etc. is posted on Pennsylvania's eMapPA system. Unfortunately, it is VERY difficult to use. Here are some directions--first for eFACTS (also works for eNOTICE emails), then for using the system directly.
You have until Monday, June 29th to comment on a list of exemptions from air quality permits that the Department of Environmental Protection is re-proposing. This includes some types of oil and gas exploration and production operations. View the list here. Note: this is the link provided by DEP. It doesn't look like it's been updated since 2003???
For additional information contact Jeanette Van Skike, Division of Permits, Bureau of Air Quality, 12th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P.O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468, telephone 717-787-4325, or send email to: jvanskike@state.pa.us.
