A subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corp. has agreed to pay a $1.9 million fine and address environmental impacts in Pennsylvania as punishment for failing to identify and protect wetlands at 76 oil and gas well sites.

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The consent decree with Chesapeake Appalachia LLC was executed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

“In 2014, shortly after a management shake-up within the corporation and a significant wetland-related prosecution in West Virginia, Chesapeake voluntarily self-disclosed to DEP and EPA a number of probable violations,” DEP said Wednesday. “The Chesapeake disclosure noted that an internal environmental audit process revealed the company’s systemic...