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Top DEP Stories

NorthcentralPA.com: Wolf Administration addresses stream and flooding needs at Open House https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/wolf-administration-addresses-stream-and-flooding-needs-at- open-house/article 4271a188-a81b-11e9-8e97-db6bc03faff9.html

Mentions

Erie Times: Evidence offers a rare inside look at Erie Coke https://www.goerie.com/news/20190721/evidence-offers-rare-inside-look-at-erie-coke

The Derrick: Floodwaters wreak havoc https://www.thederrick.com/news/front page/floodwaters-wreak-havoc/article 5ddaa618-ab4f-11e9- a4dc-2bab075730f9.html

Titusville Herald: Area roads, homes ravaged by flooding http://www.titusvilleherald.com/news/article ef9eedb0-ac3b-11e9-9562-2f720710adb1.html

Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise: Ricketts Glen water not safe to drink https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/072019/page/3/story/ricketts-glen-water-not-safe-to- drink

Lock Haven Express: Mosquito spraying Wednesday http://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2019/07/mosquito-spraying-wednesday/

KDKA: Chemicals Removed From Building That Contributed To Beaver Co. Fires While Cleanup On Second Expected To Take Weeks https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/07/20/dep-beaver-county-fires-cleanup/

Beaver County Times: Chemicals removed from site of Rochester fire https://www.timesonline.com/news/20190721/chemicals-removed-from-site-of-rochester-fire

Beaver Countian: State Continues Remediation Work At Site Of Rochester Chemical Fire https://beavercountian.com/content/community-events/state-continues-remediation-work-at-site-of- rochester-chemical-fire

Restore Pennsylvania

Meadville Tribune: Should improved internet for rural residents be paid for by a severance tax, borrowing? https://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/should-improved-internet-for-rural-residents-be-paid-for- by/article 42a6be6c-aa92-11e9-81f0-1f758aef6d2c.html

Air

Express Times: This cement plant burns coal and hazardous waste. A new natural gas line aims to change the mix. https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/northampton-county/2019/07/this-cement-plant-burns-coal-and- hazardous-waste-a-new-natural-gas-line-aims-to-change-that.html

Post-Gazette: U.S. Steel denies its Mon Valley Works emissions are harmful to public health https://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2019/07/19/U-S-Steel-denies-its-Mon-Valley- Works-emissions-are-harmful-to-public-health/stories/201907190100

Allegheny Front: Bringing Together Monet, Pissaro and Air Pollution https://www.alleghenyfront.org/bringing-together-monet-pissaro-and-air-pollution/

Climate Change

Centre Daily Times: New York’s climate plan will drive big changes, if it works https://www.centredaily.com/news/business/article232841567.html

Centre Daily Times: Bipartisanship needed in the “war” on climate change https://www.centredaily.com/opinion/article232876352.html

Tribune-Review: Science group predicts hotter weather for Pennsylvania, elsewhere in decades to come https://triblive.com/local/regional/science-group-predicts-hotter-weather-for-pennsylvania-elsewhere- in-decades-to-come/

NextPittsburgh: Woodland Hills becomes the first PA school district to pass climate change resolution https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/latest-news/woodland-hills-school-district-becomes-the-first-in-pa-to- pass-climate-change-resolution/

Conservation & Recreation

Morning Call: A battle brews as a developer looks to cross the Delaware River for potential warehouses. How the fight ends could change the area for good. https://www.mcall.com/business/mc-biz-jaindl-warehouses-battle-white-township-new-jersey- 20190722-zdcwn6fan5b3nhnmb3zfuu4bmu-story.html

Lock Haven Express: Bald Eagle Creek restoration kickstarts proposed Wildlife Center http://www.lockhaven.com/news/community/2019/07/bald-eagle-creek-restoration-kickstarts- proposed-wildlife-center/

Sunbury Daily Item: State’s natural treasures (LTE) https://www.dailyitem.com/opinion/state-s-natural-treasures/article ca81defe-4079-583d-800c- 2ae9314d6617.html

NorthcentralPA.com: Property acquired for new Muncy boat access https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/property-acquired-for-new-muncy-boat- access/article 4c15d36c-abd1-11e9-b619-0f23142ac880.html

WESA: Ah, Wilderness! Documentary Explores Our Love For Representations Of Nature https://www.wesa.fm/post/ah-wilderness-documentary-explores-our-love-representations-nature

WJAC: E. Coli concerns close popular Brookville swim spot amid heatwave https://wjactv.com/news/local/e-coli-concerns-close-brookville-swim-spot-amid-heatwave

Post-Gazette: Protecting Pa. https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2019/07/22/Protecting-Pa/stories/201907220022

Tribune-Review: Swimmers urged to heed warnings https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/swimmers-urged-to-heed-warnings/

Tribune-Democrat: Guest editorial | New reason to plant trees https://www.tribdem.com/news/editorials/guest-editorial-new-reason-to-plant-trees/article d9c507c8- ab4f-11e9-8a5f-0ff2101eb1cd.html

Allegheny Front: Instead of Catching Fireflies, Try Counting Them (and help science while you are at it) https://www.alleghenyfront.org/instead-of-catching-fireflies-try-counting-them-and-help-science-while- you-are-at-it/

Allegheny Front: Love Fireflies? Here’s How to Safely Catch Them https://www.alleghenyfront.org/love-fireflies-heres-how-to-safely-catch-them/

Observer-Reporter: Carmichaels Envirothon team returns to international competition with repeat state title https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/carmichaels-envirothon-team-returns-to-international- competition-with-repeat-state/article 67622348-8792-58d4-acf9-1b25adaf191f.html

Allegheny Front: Learn How to Become a Watershed Steward https://www.alleghenyfront.org/learn-how-to-become-watershed-steward/

WITF: A rare butterfly has found refuge at an unlikely place: A midstate military base https://www.witf.org/news/2019/07/a-rare-butterfly-has-found-refuge-at-an-unlikely-place-a-midstate- military-base.php

Energy

Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Local Sheetz to get electric car station http://www.sungazette.com/news/business/2019/07/local-sheetz-to-get-electric-car-station/

Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise: Autoneum held electric car gathering https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/072119/page/9/story/autoneum-held-e-car-gathering

NorthcentralPA.com: USDA: More than $400 million still available for rural small businesses and farmers to save on energy costs https://www.northcentralpa.com/business/usda-more-than-million-still-available-for-rural-small- businesses/article 80f3bd68-a96c-11e9-97fd-934c7ddce61c.html

Report: Closing nuke plants will cost lives, money https://www.timesonline.com/news/20190720/report-closing-nuke-plants-will-cost-lives-money

Tribune-Review: Letter to the editor: 100% renewable energy https://triblive.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-100-renewable-energy/

Pittsburgh Business Times: Energy-related firm files Chapter 11 https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2019/07/19/energy-related-firm-files-chapter-11.html

Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields

Centre Daily Times: 3M could face huge cleanup costs over substance in Scotchgard https://www.centredaily.com/news/business/article232708957.html

Beaver County Times: Letter: Thanks to all responding at chlorine leak, fires https://www.timesonline.com/opinion/20190721/letter-thanks-to-all-responding-at-chlorine-leak-fires

Mining

Republican Herald: Man drowns in stripping pit in Butler Township https://www.republicanherald.com/news/man-drowns-in-stripping-pit-in-butler-township-1.2511178

Observer-Reporter: Consol aims to build another coal-waste disposal site in Greene County https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/consol-aims-to-build-another-coal-waste-disposal-site- in/article 7650b8a8-a943-11e9-914a-1b0809e68f9b.html

Oil and Gas

Citizens’ Voice: Baker, others appeal ruling in fracking case https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/baker-others-appeal-ruling-in-fracking-case-1.2511007

Observer-Reporter: Lola II emerging as a natural gas force in Greene https://observer-reporter.com/business/lola-ii-emerging-as-a-natural-gas-force-in- greene/article cee4a1b4-a1b9-11e9-abbd-b34726327142.html

Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources makes 2 deals worth more than $600M https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2019/07/19/range-resources-makes-2-deals-worth- more-than-600.html

Pittsburgh Business Times: Editorial: A new era for EQT holds promise https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2019/07/19/editorial-a-new-era-for-eqt-holds- promise.html?iana=hpmvp pit news headline

Allegheny Front: Ohio Citizens Start Their Own Fracking Health Registry https://www.alleghenyfront.org/ohio-citizens-start-their-own-fracking-health-registry/

StateImpact PA: Landowner sues Sunoco, saying horizontal drilling for Mariner East contaminated his water well https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2019/07/22/landowner-sues-sunoco-saying-horizontal- drilling-for-mariner-east-contaminated-his-water-well/

Philadelphia Inquirer: Explosion-damaged South Philadelphia refinery files for bankruptcy, again https://www.inquirer.com/business/philadelphia-refinery-fire-files-bankruptcy-second-time- 20190722.html

StateImpact PA: Refinery’s closure sparks calls for a ‘just transition’ in Philadelphia https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2019/07/22/refinerys-closure-sparks-calls-for-a-just- transition-in-philadelphia/

Radiation Protection

Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise: Radium plant here helped light our way to moon https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/072019/page/8/story/radium-plant-here-helped-light- our-way-to-moon

Scranton Times: Maintain nuke inspections https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/maintain-nuke-inspections-1.2510913

Vector Management

WJAC: Experts warn of lesser known tick-borne disease https://wjactv.com/news/local/experts-warn-of-lesser-known-tick-borne-disease

WESA: State Officials Ask For Public's Help Combatting Spotted Lanternfly https://www.wesa.fm/post/state-officials-ask-publics-help-combatting-spotted-lanternfly

Waste

New Castle News: Stricter enforcement leaves many recycling bins not emptied https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/stricter-enforcement-leaves-many-recycling-bins-not- emptied/article d94bb142-aa5b-11e9-bb4f-ab1c02993f92.html

Beaver County Times: Beaver County adds recycling personnel thanks to Shell https://www.timesonline.com/news/20190718/beaver-county-adds-recycling-personnel-thanks-to-shell

Beaver County Time: Nearly 1,300 pounds of prescription drugs collected in 2019 https://www.timesonline.com/news/20190722/nearly-1300-pounds-of-prescription-drugs-collected-in- 2019

Water

Pennlive: Raw sewage was discharged into Harrisburg waterways on 150 days last year https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/07/raw-sewage-was-discharged-into-harrisburg-waterways-on- 150-days-last-year.html

Erie Times: Flooding forces family out of Crawford County house https://www.goerie.com/news/20190720/flooding-forces-family-out-of-crawford-county-house

Meadville Tribune: Overnight rain causes flooding, road closures in parts of Crawford County https://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/overnight-rain-causes-flooding-road-closures-in-parts-of- crawford/article 59bdf086-aaef-11e9-bced-f7ff8e8638d5.html

The Derrick: Properties along Deep Hollow Road hit hard; shelter set up by Red Cross https://www.thederrick.com/news/front page/properties-along-deep-hollow-road-hit-hard-shelter-set- up/article 2650297c-0e79-517e-8410-bc129f603288.html

WICU-TV: Flash Flooding in Titusville Area Damages Roadways, Bridges https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/40815526/flash-flooding-in-titusville-area-damages-roadways- bridges

Scranton Times: Monday Update: Stormwater problems fixed on Dickson City hospital building site, but work remains https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/monday-update-stormwater-problems-fixed-on-dickson-city- hospital-building-site-but-work-remains-1.2511210

Centre Daily Times: New Hampshire sets tough drinking water standards for PFAS https://www.centredaily.com/news/nation-world/article232816192.html

DuBois Courier-Express: Pump station issue addressed in Sandy Township http://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/pump-station-issue-addressed-in-sandy- twp/article c10a97fe-6555-59a9-b281-05ab942a1e5a.html

Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Funding secured for wastewater work http://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2019/07/funding-secured-for-wastewater-work/

Lock Haven Express: Rogers Stadium construction falls behind schedule; Bellefonte board disputes $106,000 change order for water and sewer work http://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2019/07/rogers-stadium-construction-falls-behind- schedule/

Shamokin News-Item: Water main break in Shamokin https://www.newsitem.com/breaking news/water-main-break-in-shamokin/article b329779c-ab28- 11e9-8e09-9f4b627f95cb.html

Shamokin News-Item: Busted water main floods Commerce Street https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/busted-water-main-floods-commerce-street/article 47c2a602- d35f-5913-95df-12ec2e1c3c3a.html

PSU Extension: Watershed Winds: Riparian stabilization on an acre or less https://extension.psu.edu/riparian-stabilization-on-an-acre-or-less

Shamokin News-Item: Could coastal mansions become eligible for disaster aid? https://www.newsitem.com/news/national/could-coastal-mansions-become-eligible-for-disaster- aid/article 9acad977-d840-51fd-a481-c9670801b437.html

Tribune-Review: Looking to take a dip in the rivers? Swim at your own risk https://triblive.com/local/regional/swimmers-urged-to-heed-warnings/

KDKA: Governor Wolf Announces $136 Million Investment in Water Infrastructure https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/07/18/governor-wolf-announces-136-million-investment-in- water-infrastructure-for-17-counties/

WJAC: Wolf announces $136M for water projects in 17 counties https://wjactv.com/news/local/wolf-announces-136m-for-water-projects-in-17-counties

KDKA: Multiple Water Rescues After Major Flooding In Allegheny County https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/07/22/water-rescues-for-floods/

WTAE: VIDEO: Heavy rain floods roads in Uniontown; residents say it happened so fast https://www.wtae.com/article/video-heavy-rain-floods-roads-in-uniontown-residents-say-it-happened- so-fast/28461740

WJAC: Local impact remembered on Johnstown flood anniversary https://wjactv.com/news/local/local-impact-remembered-on-johnstown-flood-anniversary

WPXI: Flash Flood Watch for areas experiencing heavy rain https://www.wpxi.com/weather/flash-flood-watch-for-areas-experiencing-heavy-rain/969011952

WPXI: These roads are closed or restricted because of flooding and landslides https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/these-roads-are-closed-or-restricted-because-of-flooding-and- landslides/969011969

Latrobe Bulletin: LMA gets state loan for water line replacement work https://www.latrobebulletinnews.com/articles/lma-gets-state-loan-for-water-line-replacement-work/

Latrobe Bulletin: DBMA approves debt service item tied to stormwater fees https://www.latrobebulletinnews.com/articles/dbma-approves-debt-service-item-tied-to-stormwater- fees/

Latrobe Bulletin: UTMA force main replacement progressing in Pleasant Unity https://www.latrobebulletinnews.com/articles/utma-force-main-replacement-progressing-in-pleasant- unity/

Daily American: Hooversville partners with supplier for energy savings https://www.dailyamerican.com/news/local/somerset/hooversville-partners-with-supplier-for-energy- savings/article a9c14148-3947-5a7d-91cd-ed20a564f0c1.html

Tribune-Review: Latrobe authority proceeds with sewage rate hikes https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/latrobe-authority-proceeds-with-sewage-rate-hikes/

Tribune-Review: Westmoreland commissioners set 2nd public hearing on plan to reduce flooding https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/westmoreland-commissioners-set-2nd-public-hearing-on-plan- to-reduce-flooding/

Tribune-Review: Emergency repairs planned to protect drinking water for Monroeville, Plum residents https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/emergency-repairs-planned-to-protect-drinking-water- for-monroeville-plum-residents/

Tribune-Review: Watershed program offers ways public can help protect environmental resources https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/watershed-program-offers-ways-public-can-help- protect-environmental-resources/

PA Environment Digest Blog: Clarion County Residents Learn About Managing Private Drinking Water Supplies; 70% Of Water Supplies Failed Test http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2019/07/clarion-county-residents-learn-about.html

Miscellaneous

Sharon Herald: Revenue lagging from Pa. fuel taxes that fund roads; fee for electrics cars proposed https://www.sharonherald.com/news/local news/revenue-lagging-from-pa-fuel-taxes-that-fund-roads- fee/article 630b1381-b71c-51b6-a0be-a68afdda87b2.html

Shamokin News-Item: Township residents tell tale of unpaved road (LTE) https://www.newsitem.com/opinion/letters to editor/township-residents-tell-tale-of-unpaved- road/article 0a43c23b-d009-5344-8d59-114550d3dac0.html

WTAE: Man killed in car explosion; police say vehicle had natural gas conversion kit https://www.wtae.com/article/car-explosion-natural-gas-conversion-kit-jefferson-township-fayette- county/28435449