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The GPA Midstream Association on Tuesday continued to raise concerns about a 658-page report released by Pennsylvania’s Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force earlier this year, saying the work could serve as a template for duplicative state and local laws in other parts of the country.

The GPA Midstream Association on Tuesday continued to raise concerns about a 658-page report released by Pennsylvania’s Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force earlier this year, saying the work could serve as a template for duplicative state and local laws in other parts of the country.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is restarting a process to improve statewide consistency in the way it conducts inspections of regulated entities, ensures compliance with state and federal laws, and handles enforcement cases, the agency said Tuesday.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) remains severely underfunded and understaffed, a situation that could require legislative remedies and another increase in oil and gas permitting fees, the agency’s secretary said Tuesday during a state budget hearing.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said Wednesday it has sent a package of new rules for oil and natural gas producers to the state’s Environmental Quality Board (EQB) for a long-awaited review, with the possibility of enactment this summer.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has paved the way for EQT Corp. to challenge the state Department of Environmental Protection’s $4.5 million fine against it for a 2012 impoundment leak in Tioga County.

After nearly a year under the direction of a new administration, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) job hasn’t gotten any easier.

Pittsburgh-based EQT Corp. continues to fight a proposed $4.5 million penalty by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for a 2012 impoundment leak in Tioga County, arguing in state Supreme Court earlier this month that a lower court ruling against it should be overturned.

Another Pennsylvania judge has upheld a local zoning ordinance that allows natural gas drilling in residential/agricultural districts, rejecting a challenge from residents and environmental groups that argued the areas are not suitable for such development.