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Pennsylvania DEP Fines Regency Unit for Gas Pipeline Construction Violations

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined a Regency Energy Partners LP unit $306,570 for multiple violations related to the construction of two natural gas pipelines by an affiliate of PVR Energy Partners LP. Read More

PG&E Finds More Email CPUC Violations; U.S. Attorney Investigates

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) on Monday told state regulators that more violations were uncovered in the company's ongoing internal review of past email communications between former PG&E executives and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). In addition, the U.S. Attorney's San Francisco Office has begun an investigation of the ex parte communications violations. Read More

Chevron Faces Violations for Refusing DEP Access to Site of PA Well Fire, Other Failures

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has sent Chevron Appalachia LLC notice of nine violations stemming from an explosion and fire at a well site in Greene County, PA, that left one worker dead and another injured in February (see Shale Daily, Feb. 11). Read More

Chesapeake Ordered to Pay $3.2M Fine in West Virginia

In one of the largest fees ever assessed by the federal government for violating the Clean Water Act, both the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Thursday that Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, a subsidiary of onshore oil and gas giant Chesapeake Energy, would pay a civil penalty of $3.2 million for violations that occurred in West Virginia. Read More

California Establishes Stepped Up Gas Utility Penalty Program

Regulatory safety staff can issue daily fines of up to $50,000/violation. Read More

Guilty Plea Entered in Ohio Wastewater Dumping Case

 Michael Guesman, an employee of Hardrock Excavating LLC, admitted Thursday that he dumped oilfield waste into a storm drain that empties into the Mahoning River near Youngstown, OH, a violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) that prompted the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) to permanently revoke the operating permits for Hardrock and a second company also alleged to have violated the CWA. Read More

North Dakota Cracks Down on Improper Wellsite Waste Dumping

 Levying the largest civil penalty ever -- $1.5 million -- for an oil and natural gas violation, the North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) last Wednesday found a small operator, Halek Operating ND LLC, guilty of violating state standards for disposing of salt water, a byproduct of oil production, in an injection well. Read More