A compliance check found that Apex failed to comply with a PA Code which requires Apex to provide a list of the chemicals intentionally added to the stimulation fluid. Instead, Apex listed “Proprietary” or “Trade Secret”. Apex may designate proprietary information, however chemical information must still be submitted.

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TAGS: water

Operator says roughly 10 gallons of drilling mud sprayed out of a tank because a valve was not shut. This mud landed on the rocks that fill the ditch between the well pads. Apex reported the contaminated rock was dug up and disposed of. 

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They were given violations for failing to control and dispose of waste properly, handling waste without having a permit for such activity, reporting the spill more than 2 hours after it occurred, and failing to take precautions to protect waterways. 

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TAGS: water, waste

Operator is required to measure the flow of water instream, specifically the passby which is measured in CFS or cubic feet per second. This is used to quantify the rate of flow or discharge of water in rivers, streams etc. passing through a specific point within one second. It is used to assess water availability. The operator failed to measure this properly and withdrew on days in which the CFS was below the standard violating several regulations.

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TAGS: water

Upon routine inspection, the PA DEP found soil displacement (removal, shifting, or rearranging of soil layers from their original position). They also noted areas of less than 70% vegetation alongside the access road.

 

For these findings, Olympus was given violations for violating the erosion and sediment control requirements, the erosion and sediment control and stormwater management, and the best management practices and the general permit.

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TAGS: Erosion

CNX recieved multiple violations from the DEP as a result of innaproprate water withdrawal in both 2022 and 2023. For 17 days in 2023, CNX withdrew water from the Beaver Run Reservoir without an active permit. CNX also failed to report water withdrawals in Greenport from other sources.

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TAGS: water

Operator failed to take actions for the site to be permanently stabilized and protected from accelerated erosion and sedimentation. Erosion and sediment plans are important and required to prevent environmental damage, mitigate potential flooding and property damage, protect infrastructure, and practice sustainable land management.

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Additionally, the operator has not resolved previous violations from March around contamination of local waterways.

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TAGS: water, erosion, waste

A complaint was reported to the Department and the inspection conducted was a follow up to that complaint.

 

They were given violations for violating the erosion and sediment control and stormwater management plan, permit requirements, and failing to provide site stabilization.

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TAGS: water, waste

In May, Apex was notified of of multiple PA statute violations due to water withdrawal activities. Apex was found to have withdrawn more water than allowed from multiple sources in 2022 and 2023.

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TAGS: water

Operator had a spill occur on the site at an unknown time and penetrated the surface of the ground for an unknown length of time. They were given violations for threatening waterways, not taking precautions to avoid impacting waterways, failing to manage waste properly, and processing residual waste without a permit.

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TAGS: water, waste