In January, MDN told you about a long-closed landfill that seeks to reopen in Liberty and Pine Townships in Mercer County, PA (see Group Claims Drill Cuttings for Grove City Landfill “Radioactive”). In 2020, Tri-County Landfill Inc. submitted a permit application for the construction and operation of a municipal waste landfill site that had operated…
Read More...In late July, the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) opened up the shuttered Austin Master Services (AMS) radiological waste management solutions company in Martins Ferry (Belmont County), Ohio, to begin cleanup work at the facility (see Flurry of Activity at Austin Master Services Site in Martins Ferry). AMS is permitted by the ODNR to…
Read More...One of the aspects of the Austin Master Services (AMS) story (from Ohio) that captures people’s attention is that the frack waste at the facility contains drill cuttings, some of it with a low level of radioactivity. The headline-grabbing media touts that aspect of the story, overplaying just how “radioactive” it actually is. “OMG! If…
Read More...In January, MDN told you about a long-closed landfill that seeks to reopen in Liberty and Pine Townships in Mercer County, PA (see Group Claims Drill Cuttings for Grove City Landfill “Radioactive”). In 2020, Tri-County Landfill Inc. submitted a permit application for the construction and operation of a municipal waste landfill site that had operated…
Read More...Here we go again with false allegations that drill cuttings from shale drillers are “radioactive.” In 2020, Tri-County Landfill Inc. submitted a permit application for the construction and operation of a municipal waste landfill in Liberty and Pine Townships, in Mercer County, PA. Judging by the reaction, the landfill will accept drill cuttings from Marcellus…
Read More...Researchers with the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) recently published a study in the journal Ecological Indicators. The study’s intent was to measure whether or not frack waste dumped in local landfills has radiation that is leaking out in groundwater (leachate) from those facilities. Research like this, if legitimate (and accurate), is a good thing. We…
Read More...Wind Turbine Waste: The Toxic Result of “Green Energy” Ronald Stein Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California .. .… … [Editor’s Note: Wind turbine waste is becoming a major issue as heavily subsidized industrial wind facilities age out and, like the subsidies, the stuff just doesn’t go away.] Wind turbines, once touted by the
Read More...Great American Outdoors Depends on Oil and Gas? Who Knew? Jason Spiess IHost of The Crude Life, “Everyday Energy For Everyday People,” ESG University, Multi-Media Journalist … [Editor’s Note: Wyoming is employing Saul Alinsky tactics that ought to be emulated by every red state; legislation to phase out sales of electric vehicles in the
Read More...The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced a consent order assessing a $600,000 fine against a trucking company that… Continue reading The post PA DEP Fines Trucking Co. $600K for Dumping Drill Cuttings No Permit first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently held two public hearings about a plan by the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill… Continue reading The post SWPA Landfill Plans to Burn Leachate w/Frack Waste – Antis Oppose first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...American Energy Partners, Inc. (AEPT), based in Allentown, PA, is a small but diversified company. They have their fingers in… Continue reading The post American Energy Buys Radioactive Waste Co. Austin Master Services first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Last weekend the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) published a notice in the weekly (Saturday) edition of the Pennsylvania… Continue reading The post PA DEP Issues Final Guidance on Radioactive Waste from Shale first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Last summer MDN brought you the news that the Sierra Club lost a lawsuit aimed at blocking a landfill in New York State from accepting oil and gas drill cuttings from Pennsylvania (see Sierra Club Loses Court Case to Block Drill Cuttings in NY Landfill). The C&D Hakes Landfill in Painted Post, NY (near Elmira,
Read More...The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) has drafted up new “technical guidance” on “radioactivity monitoring at solid waste processing and disposal facilities” specifically targeted at the shale industry. Translation: new regulations for how dumps (and drillers) monitor and report on radioactivity levels from incoming loads of drill cuttings. The DEP has posted their proposed
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