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DEP Reminds Pool Owners to Handle Waste Water Safely

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 12:00am
Private and public pool owners, as well as pool management companies, should remember that chlorinated wastewater must be handled responsibly, Acting DEP Secretary Chris Abruzzo said today. “Pools ...
Categories: Water News

DEP Issues Drilling Permit to Flatirons, Requires Protection of Aquifer

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 12:00am
Meadville – The Department of Environmental Protection announced today that it is issuing a drilling permit for Flatirons Development LLC in Snyder Township, Jefferson County.  The original ...
Categories: Water News

DEP Hosts Annual Falcon Banding for Local Schools, Community Groups

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 12:00am
The Department of Environmental Protection will host its annual falcon banding event from 1 to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21 in the auditorium of the Rachel Carson State Office Building. DEP Acting Secretary ...
Categories: Water News

DEP Announces Chapter 110 Annual Water Reporting Reminder

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 12:00am
25 Pa. Code Chapter 110 requires that public water suppliers (which serve year-round at least 15 service connections or at least 25 residents) register water sources and submit annual water use reports.
Categories: Water News

DEP Recovers Missing Nuclear Gauge Lost by Company

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 12:00am
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced today that it recovered in Maryland the missing nuclear gauge a Franklin County company lost in West Virginia on May 3. The device has ...
Categories: Water News

State Agencies, Senator Pat Vance to Celebrate Bike to Work Day with Spoke ‘n' Gear Expo

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 12:00am
The departments of Conservation and Natural Resources, Environmental Protection and Transportation will host a Spoke ‘n’ Gear Expo on Friday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the first floor ...
Categories: Water News

Governor Corbett Awards 18 Impact Fee Grants for Natural Gas Vehicle Conversion

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 12:00am
Governor Tom Corbett today awarded more than $6.7 million in Act 13 funding to 18 companies and organizations making the switch to natural gas for their heavy-duty fleet vehicles. “Act 13 was ...
Categories: Water News

DEP Announces New Permit Application Tool Provides Second Update on Permit Review

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 12:00am
The Department of Environmental Protection and permit applicants continue to improve performance, according to the second of four quarterly reports on revised permitting policies the agency released today.
Categories: Water News

DEP Seeks Missing Nuclear Gauge Lost in West Virginia

Tue, 05/14/2013 - 12:00am
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and West Virginia state officials are searching for a missing portable gauge containing sealed sources of ...
Categories: Water News

Governor Corbett Announces Energy-Efficiency, Pollution-Prevention Grants for Four Small Businesses

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 12:00am
Governor Tom Corbett announced today that the Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $32,880 in grants to help four small businesses across Pennsylvania invest in energy-efficiency or pollution-prevention ...
Categories: Water News

State Agencies Announce Bike to Work Week, Community Ride, Expo on May 17

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 12:00am
Pennsylvania will join states across the nation in recognizing May 2013 as National Bike Month, as well as May 13 to 17 as Bike to Work Week, and May 17 as Bike to Work Day. “The increasing ...
Categories: Water News

The Chester Water Authority's Octoraro Water Treatment Plant is the Second Plant in Pennsylvania to Complete Phase IV of the Partnership for Safe Water Treatment Program

Fri, 05/10/2013 - 12:00am
Chester Water Authority, located in Delaware County, recently completed the fourth and final phase of the Partnership for Safe Water (PfSW) Treatment Program, a voluntary effort to provide safe drinking ...
Categories: Water News

DEP Fines Camp Hill Borough $140,000 for Illegally Discharging Sewage in Cumberland County

Fri, 05/10/2013 - 12:00am
The Department of Environmental Protection announced today that Camp Hill Borough, Cumberland County, has signed a $140,000 consent order and agreement with DEP to address unauthorized and unreported ...
Categories: Water News

EPA Approves DEP Water Quality Report, Data Do Not Support Susquehanna River Impairment

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 12:00am
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Pennsylvania’s 2012 Integrated Waters Report, the Department of Environmental Protection announced today.   Required every ...
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DEP Announces Regional International Energy Conservation Code Workshop in Allegheny County

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 12:00am
The Department of Environmental Protection invites residential code enforcement officials, builders, contractors and designers to a Tuesday, May 21, training workshop in Moon Township, Allegheny County, ...
Categories: Water News

DEP Announces Public Meeting and Hearing to Discuss Cleanup of Conestoga Pines Park Waterway

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 12:00am
The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting and hearing on Tuesday, May 21, to outline its plan to clean up contamination in an unnamed tributary flowing through Conestoga Pines ...
Categories: Water News

DEP Celebrates National Drinking Water Week, Reminds Pennsylvanians to Make Every Drop Count

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 12:00am
The Department of Environment Protection is celebrating National Drinking Water Week from May 5 to 11 by encouraging all Pennsylvanians to learn how to better protect and conserve their water. “This ...
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DEP Releases 2012 Susquehanna River Sampling Report

Thu, 05/02/2013 - 12:00am
The Department of Environmental Protection today released the 2012 Susquehanna River Sampling Report, explaining the latest results from an aggressive sampling effort across the Susquehanna River. Work ...
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DEP Announces Air Quality Awareness Week

Mon, 04/29/2013 - 12:00am
Pennsylvania will join states across the nation this week in recognizing April 29 through May 3 as Air Quality Awareness Week. Air Quality Partnership teams across the state will host events to teach ...
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DEP Fines PGE $125,500 for Violations in Lycoming County

Fri, 04/26/2013 - 12:00am
Williamsport – The Department of Environmental Protection has fined Pennsylvania General Energy Co. LLC of Warren, Warren County, $125,500 for two separate sets of violations in Lycoming County ...
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