SKYTRUTH SELECTED LISTINGS ~ Violations in Southwest Pennsylvania

Violation Reports From SkyTruth, P.O. Box 3283, Shepherdstown, WV 25443 (info@skytruth.org)

CNX GAS CO LLC Reports Drilling Started (SPUD) in Richhill Twp Township
Description: CNX GAS CO LLC reports drilling started on 10/4/2022 at site CONRHEIN MOR40NHSU in Richhill Twp township, Greene county. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-04

CNX GAS CO LLC Reports Drilling Started (SPUD) in Richhill Twp Township
Description: CNX GAS CO LLC reports drilling started on 10/4/2022 at site CONRHEIN MOR40MHSU in Richhill Twp township, Greene county. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-04

PA Permit Violation Issued to THE PRODUCTION CO LLC in German Twp, Fayette County
Description: Administrative violation issued on 9/27/2022 to THE PRODUCTION CO LLC in German Twp, Fayette county. 78.121(B) – WELL REPORTING – PRODUCTION REPORTING – Operator failed to electronically submit production and status report to the Department through its web site. Incident Date/Time: 2022-09-27

PA Permit Violation Issued to THE PRODUCTION CO LLC in German Twp, Fayette County
Description: Administrative violation issued on 9/27/2022 to THE PRODUCTION CO LLC in German Twp, Fayette county. 78.88(e) – OPERATING WELLS – MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF OPERATING WELLS – Operator failed to submit an annual report to the Department identifying the compliance status of each well with the mechanical integrity requirements for structurally sound wells in compliance with 25 Pa. Code Section 78.73(c). Incident Date/Time: 2022-09-27

PA Permit Violation Issued to THE PRODUCTION CO LLC in German Twp, Fayette County
Description: Administrative violation issued on 9/27/2022 to THE PRODUCTION CO LLC in German Twp, Fayette county. OGA3211(H) – WELL PERMITS – LABELING – Failure to install, in a permanent manner, the permit number on a completed well. Incident Date/Time: 2022-09-27

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PA Permit Violation Issued to MARCO DRILLING INC in Harmar Twp, Allegheny County
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 10/13/2022 to MARCO DRILLING INC in Harmar Twp, Allegheny county. 91.34(A) – ACTIVITIES UTILIZING POLLUTANTS – Failure to take necessary measures to prevent the substances from directly or indirectly reaching waters of this Commonwealth, through accident, carelessness, maliciousness, hazards of weather or from another cause. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-13

PA Permit Violation Issued to MARCO DRILLING INC in Harmar Twp, Allegheny County
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 10/13/2022 to MARCO DRILLING INC in Harmar Twp, Allegheny county. 78.54 – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS – Operator failed to control and dispose of fluids, residual waste and drill cuttings, including tophole water, brines, drilling fluids, drilling muds, stimulation fluids, well servicing fluids, oil, and production fluids in a manner that prevents pollution of the waters of the Commonwealth. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-13

PA Permit Violation Issued to MARCO DRILLING INC in Harmar Twp, Allegheny County
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 10/13/2022 to MARCO DRILLING INC in Harmar Twp, Allegheny county. 78.57(a) – CONTROL, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF PRODUCTION FLUIDS – Operator failed to collect the brine and other fluids produced during operation, service and plugging of the well in a tank, pit or a series of pits or tanks, or other device approved by the Department or Operator discharged brine or other fluids on or into the ground or into waters of the Commonwealth. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-13

PA Permit Violation Issued to DIVERSIFIED PROD LLC in Upper Turkeyfoot Twp, Somerset County
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 10/13/2022 to DIVERSIFIED PROD LLC in Upper Turkeyfoot Twp, Somerset county. 78.91(a) – PLUGGING – GENERAL PROVISIONS – Upon abandoning a well, the owner or operator failed to plug the well to stop the vertical flow of fluids or gas within the well bore under 25 Pa. Code §§ 78.92—78.98 or an approved alternate method. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-13

PA Permit Violation Issued to DIVERSIFIED PROD LLC in Upper Turkeyfoot Twp, Somerset County
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 10/13/2022 to DIVERSIFIED PROD LLC in Upper Turkeyfoot Twp, Somerset county. OGA3220(A) – PLUGGING REQUIREMENTS – Failure to plug the well upon abandoning it. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-13

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PA Permit Violation Issued to PENNECO OIL CO INC in Penn Twp, Westmoreland County
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 10/18/2022 to PENNECO OIL CO INC in Penn Twp, Westmoreland county. 78.54 – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS – Operator failed to control and dispose of fluids, residual waste and drill cuttings, including tophole water, brines, drilling fluids, drilling muds, stimulation fluids, well servicing fluids, oil, and production fluids in a manner that prevents pollution of the waters of the Commonwealth. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-18

PA Permit Violation Issued to PENNECO OIL CO INC in Penn Twp, Westmoreland County
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 10/18/2022 to PENNECO OIL CO INC in Penn Twp, Westmoreland county. 91.34(A) – ACTIVITIES UTILIZING POLLUTANTS – Failure to take necessary measures to prevent the substances from directly or indirectly reaching waters of this Commonwealth, through accident, carelessness, maliciousness, hazards of weather or from another cause. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-18

PA Permit Violation Issued to PENNECO OIL CO INC in Penn Twp, Westmoreland County
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 10/18/2022 to PENNECO OIL CO INC in Penn Twp, Westmoreland county. SWMA 301 – MANAGEMENT OF RESIDUAL WASTE – Person operated a residual waste processing or disposal facility without obtaining a permit for such facility from DEP. Person stored, transported, processed, or disposed of residual waste inconsistent with or unauthorized by the rules and regulations of DEP. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-18

PA Permit Violation Issued to DANNIC ENERGY CORP in Derry Twp, Westmoreland County
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 10/18/2022 to DANNIC ENERGY CORP in Derry Twp, Westmoreland county. SWMA 301 – MANAGEMENT OF RESIDUAL WASTE – Person operated a residual waste processing or disposal facility without obtaining a permit for such facility from DEP. Person stored, transported, processed, or disposed of residual waste inconsistent with or unauthorized by the rules and regulations of DEP. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-18

PA Permit Violation Issued to DANNIC ENERGY CORP in Derry Twp, Westmoreland County
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 10/18/2022 to DANNIC ENERGY CORP in Derry Twp, Westmoreland county. 91.34(A) – ACTIVITIES UTILIZING POLLUTANTS – Failure to take necessary measures to prevent the substances from directly or indirectly reaching waters of this Commonwealth, through accident, carelessness, maliciousness, hazards of weather or from another cause. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-18

PA Permit Violation Issued to DANNIC ENERGY CORP in Derry Twp, Westmoreland County
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 10/18/2022 to DANNIC ENERGY CORP in Derry Twp, Westmoreland county. 78.57(a) – CONTROL, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF PRODUCTION FLUIDS – Operator failed to collect the brine and other fluids produced during operation, service and plugging of the well in a tank, pit or a series of pits or tanks, or other device approved by the Department or Operator discharged brine or other fluids on or into the ground or into waters of the Commonwealth. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-18

PA Permit Violation Issued to DANNIC ENERGY CORP in Derry Twp, Westmoreland County
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 10/18/2022 to DANNIC ENERGY CORP in Derry Twp, Westmoreland county. 78.54 – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS – Operator failed to control and dispose of fluids, residual waste and drill cuttings, including tophole water, brines, drilling fluids, drilling muds, stimulation fluids, well servicing fluids, oil, and production fluids in a manner that prevents pollution of the waters of the Commonwealth. Incident Date/Time: 2022-10-18

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See Also: US fracking boom could tip world to edge of climate disaster, Nina Lakhani in Colorado and Oliver Milman in New York, The Guardian (UK), May 11, 2022

The fate of the vast quantities of oil and gas lodged under the shale, mud and sandstone of American drilling fields will in large part determine whether the world retains a liveable climate. And the US, the world’s largest extractor of oil, is poised to unleash these fossil fuels in spectacular volumes.

Planned drilling projects across US land and waters will release 140bn metric tons of planet-heating gases if fully realised, an analysis shared with the Guardian has found. The study, published in the Energy Policy journal in July, found emissions from these oil and gas “carbon bomb” projects were four times larger than all of the planet-heating gases expelled globally each year, placing the world on track for disastrous climate change.

The plans include conventional drilling and fracking spanning the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the foothills of the Front Range in Colorado and the mountainous Appalachian region. But the heart is the Permian basin, a geological formation 250 miles wide that sits under the mostly flat terrain of west Texas and New Mexico.