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PA Environment Digest an Update on Environmental Issues in Pennsylvania Edited By: David E PA Environment Digest An Update On Environmental Issues In Pennsylvania Edited By: David E. Hess, Crisci Associates ​ Winner Of PA Association of Environmental Educators ​ Business Partner Of The Year Award PA Environment Digest Daily Blog Twitter Feed ​ ​ Issue #620 Harrisburg, PA May 16, 2016 House Could Vote On Resolution To Kill DEP’s Drilling Regulations At Any Time House Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution #1 to kill ​ DEP’s final conventional (Chapter 78) and unconventional (Chapter 78a) drilling regulations remains on the House ​ Calendar and could be voted on at any time when the House ​ comes back to session starting May 16. As reported last week by PA Environment Digest, ​ ​ ​ discussions are ongoing between House and Senate Republicans and other legislators and the Wolf Administration on whether a deal could be reached to avoid a vote on the Resolution. The price of avoiding a vote to kill the entire package, however, could be killing the regulations in Chapter 78 applying to conventional drilling and making DEP start over or making other changes to the regulation, already approved by the Environmental Quality Board and the Independent Regulatory Review Commission. Ultimately, if the House and Senate go ahead and pass the resolution killing the drilling regulations, Gov. Wolf will have to decide whether he will use his veto again and whether that veto could be sustained in the Senate and House. The House and Senate have 30 calendar days (June 2) or 10 legislative days (June 10) whichever is later to take final action on the resolution. Interestingly, an electronic copy of HCR Resolution #1 is not available on the General Assembly’s website. Take Action Now Click Here to send a message to your legislation supporting DEP’s drilling regulations. ​ NewsClips: Drilling Wastewater Can Taint Surface Water, Methane Emissions Need Controls Drilling Communities Reap Benefits Of Housing Grants Letter: Notable Voices Calling For Drilling Moratorium Lawmakers Funnel Another $150K To Drilling Industry Research Group Op­Ed: Protect Public From Environmental Hazards Of Drilling, Adopt DEP Regulations Related Stories: Op­Ed: Protect Public From Environmental Hazards Of Drilling, Adopt DEP Regulations Changing DEP’s Drilling Regs May Be at Heart Of Budget Compromises In Harrisburg Analysis: Will The Confrontation Over Drilling Regs Kill The Entire Package? PA Environmental Council Urges Committee Not To Oppose DEP Final Drilling Regs Op­Ed: Protect Public From Environmental Hazards Of Drilling, Adopt DEP Regulations By Suzanne Almeida, Executive Director, League Of Women Voters Of ​ ​ ​ PA [Note: The following Op­Ed appeared in the Allentown Morning Call ​ May 11.] Once again, the health and welfare of Pennsylvanians are being used as a political pawn. Over the last five years, the Department of Environmental Protection has worked with environmental groups, gas and oil industry leaders, and Pennsylvanians from across the Commonwealth to develop much needed updates to our oil and gas drilling regulations. But many lawmakers in Harrisburg are determined to stymie the implementation of these much­needed regulations, seemingly at the bidding of the oil and gas industry. Citizens across the Commonwealth should be outraged. How we regulate the oil and gas industry as we seek to protect public health and the environment is an issue that concerns us all. On April 21, I had the opportunity on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania to address our state's Independent Regulatory Review Commission and encourage it to approve proposed updates to our oil and gas rules under Pa. Code Chapter 78 and 78a. After a day­long meeting, the commission approved the proposed rules by a vote of 3­2. Less than a week later, however, the House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee passed a resolution to kill the rulemaking proposal. Luckily, advocates, including the League of Women Voters, worked hard to stop this resolution moving forward and were able to prevent a floor vote in the House, at least for the moment. But this is far from over. The Senate is expected to consider a bill that would have a similar effect, and the results are far from certain. While reasonable people can disagree about some of the particulars of the regulations, there can be no doubt that the new regulations in their entirety are necessary updates to the previous regulatory scheme. As our understanding of the public health risks of fossil fuel development grows and changes, so too must the regulations that are put in place to protect us. Consequently, one can only see political calculations in the machinations of legislators in Harrisburg around these rules. The League of Women Voters firmly believes that, while gas and oil production is a part of our economy, we must enact policies that support the maximum protection of public health and the environment. Through our Straight Scoop on Shale project, we host the annual Shale & Public Health ​ ​ Conference. We also issue annual updates to our Shale Gas Extraction and Public Health ​ Resource Guide. ​ At the league's annual Shale & Public Health Conference last November, we heard from ​ ​ a series of speakers, including researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Johns Hopkins University, on the harmful impacts of drilling that encroaches ever closer to our schools and homes. Research from Evelyn Talbott of the University of Pittsburgh has found an increased number of low birth­weight babies in drilling regions, and this inauspicious start to life does not make for better outcomes later. Similarly, studies being led by Brian Schwartz of Johns Hopkins, utilizing data from the Geisinger Health System, has found an increased risk of premature births and high­risk pregnancies in women exposed to active, unconventional natural gas development. Clearly, there is a very real risk in failing to protect the health and safety of all Pennsylvanians through effective regulation. The citizens of the Commonwealth need to realize that how we move forward on these regulations is a bellwether for how the oil and gas industry will operate in Pennsylvania. We must balance the need to protect jobs with the need to protect our water, air and land. No Pennsylvanian will be immune from the consequences of failing to effectively regulate our oil and gas industry. Lawmakers must stop playing politics with the health and welfare of Pennsylvanians. The League of Women Voters calls on legislators across Pennsylvania to resist attempts to block the proposed oil and gas updates under Pa. Code Chapter 78 and 78a. The health and well­being of our children, families and communities are at stake. We need our leaders to be responsive to the needs of their constituents — and we, the people, need to see to it that our voices are loud and clear. At the end of the day, the power to effect change is ours. For more information, visit the League of Women Voters of PA Marcellus Shale ​ webpage. Suzanne Almeida, Executive Director, League Of Women Voters Of PA, can be contacted by ​ ​ ​ sending email to: [email protected]. ​ ​ Take Action Now Click Here to send a message to your legislation supporting DEP’s drilling regulations. ​ NewsClips: Drilling Wastewater Can Taint Surface Water, Methane Emissions Need Controls Drilling Communities Reap Benefits Of Housing Grants Letter: Notable Voices Calling For Drilling Moratorium Lawmakers Funnel Another $150K To Drilling Industry Research Group Op­Ed: Protect Public From Environmental Hazards Of Drilling, Adopt DEP Regulations Related Stories: Changing DEP’s Drilling Regs May Be at Heart Of Budget Compromises In Harrisburg Analysis: Will The Confrontation Over Drilling Regs Kill The Entire Package? PA Environmental Council Urges Committee Not To Oppose DEP Final Drilling Regs PA Trout Unlimited: Tell Your Legislators NOW To Let DEP Drilling Regs Move Forward PA Council of Trout Unlimited is urging members of the public who care about clean water and ​ the environment to contact their state House and state Senate member to support DEP’s Chapter 78 and 78a drilling regulations and vote against efforts to kill them. Click Here to send your message now. ​ Background From PA Trout “More than four years ago, Pennsylvania's General Assembly passed a comprehensive bill that required the development of new regulations to provide long­overdue environmental protections and performance standards at oil and gas well sites. “Since then, the Department of Environmental Protection has worked diligently to engage the public, industry and conservation organizations in developing new oil and gas rules, holding two separate public comment periods, 12 public hearings, and dozens of meetings with stakeholders. “The new regulations update Pennsylvania's oil and gas regulations for the first time in many years and increase stream protections by: prohibiting the use of pits to store shale gas drill cuttings and waste fluids and requiring secondary containment around all storage tanks and trucks and drill rigs; requiring pipeline companies to employ pollution prevention plans when performing horizontal directional drilling under streams; requiring shale gas operators to obtain a water management plan before they withdraw water for hydraulic fracturing; prohibiting the use of shale gas wastewater on roads for dust suppression and de­icing; and improving waste tracking and reporting requirements. “On April 21, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission approved the new oil and gas regulations­one of the key final steps in Pennsylvania's complex regulatory process. “Now, the Pennsylvania General Assembly is trying to overturn the very rules they called for more than four years ago. “Soon, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is likely to vote on a House/Senate concurrent resolution disapproving DEP's final oil and gas regulations and barring implementation of the rules. “The Pennsylvania Senate is also expected to act on the Resolution or take up Senate Bill ​ 1011, which would have the same effect.
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