June 13, 2022

DEP Advises 18 Municipalities: Road Dumping of Drilling Waste is Illegal And Considered Waste Disposal

PA municipalities received letters because they were locations where conventional drilling operators reported they disposed of their wastewater by indiscriminately dumping it on dirt and gravel roads.
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, May 31, 2022

On April …

May 6, 2022

Drillers Dispose of Drill Cuttings by “Dusting” – Blowing Them on the Ground, and in the Air

“Dusting” allows oil and gas drillers to avoid the cost of disposing of drill cuttings at landfills, and thus avoid the regulations that apply to landfills.
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, May 2, 2022

PA DEP allows

April 29, 2022

Latest Penn State Report On Environmental Impact Of Road Dumping Drilling Wastewater Will Have ‘Immediate,’ ‘Large,’ ‘Intense’ Impact

Reports filed with PA DEP bring the total amount of conventional drilling wastewater illegally road dumped to nearly 2.9 million gallons from 2018 to 2021.
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, April 26, 2002

PA Attorney General’s Office

November 20, 2021

Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater Is Tearing Apart Dirt Roads & Creating Environmental Hazards

A First-Hand Account Of How Repeated, Unlimited Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Tearing Apart Dirt Roads And Creating Multiple Environmental Hazards
By Siri Lawson, PA Environment Digest Blog, November 16, 2021

DCS has been working with

October 24, 2021

How Oil & Gas Industry Eliminated Restrictions on the Disposal of Wastewater on PA Roads

Millions of gallons of conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater is being dumped indiscriminately on Pennsylvania’s dirt and gravel roads
PA Environment Digest Blog, October 21, 2021

In 1996, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a report on the road

September 8, 2021

Tell PA DEP: Ban Road Spreading of Drilling Waste

This site makes it easy to make your voice heard. Deadline to sign is noon on September 20. The letter reads:

Dear Secretary McDonnell and Deputy Secretary Perry,

In the past five years, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has …

September 2, 2021

‘Insist on Being Heard’ Re: Skinners Falls Bridge

Confusion around the comment process for the Milanville-Skinners Falls Bridge
By Liam Mayo, The River Reporter, August 31, 2021

DCS feels strongly that all voices with an interest in PennDOT’s Skinners Falls project must be heard. That is why we

August 29, 2021

PennDOT Ignores Skinners Falls Bridge Public Comments – DCS Fights Back

The many citizens who care about the preservation of the Milanville-Skinners Falls Bridge and took the trouble to submit comments to the email addresses provided by PennDOT, but did not complete the online Survey Monkey survey, should know that PennDOT …

August 28, 2021

PennDOT’s Faulty Public Comment Process Re: Skinners Falls Bridge

DCS has written this letter expressing great concern regarding PennDOT’s continued failure to engage in a real public participation process for the Skinners Falls Bridge “Planning and Environmental Linkages” (“PEL”) Study.
By Lauren M. Williams, Esq., Greenworks Law and Consulting
August 16, 2021

Penn State: Frack Wastewater IS Toxic! – & on YOUR Road?

New Penn State Study Shows Road Dumping Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Has Little Dust Suppression Benefit, Contains Pollutants Harmful To Human Health, Agriculture, Aquatic Life
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, August 16, 2021

For over 5

June 24, 2021

US District Court Rules that DRBC Fracking Ban Stands

Federal judge sides with Senate Democrats to protect the drinking water of 5,000,000 Pennsylvanians.
The Bradford Era, June 11, 2021

Claims by Damascus and Dyberry Townships, and Carbon and Wayne Counties, were also dismissed.


State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced …

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