Latest Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Stories

HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection announced today it has awarded the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) a $125,000 grant to guide small public water supply systems through the commission's water withdrawal approval process. Some existing approvals, granted prior to today's more comprehensive resource-management standards, will soon expire. This grant will help those systems' operators comply with the new...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Free home radon test kits are available to residents of nine counties in northeast and north-central Pennsylvania, thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to the American Lung Association, or ALA. The kits are offered to residents of Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Northumberland, Potter, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Tioga counties. "These test kits equip residents with...

NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB/QB: BNET) announced today that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) issued a final and full Water Quality Management Permit for Bion's micro-aerobic livestock waste treatment facility located at the Kreider Dairy Farm in Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The full WQMP replaces the 'Water Quality Management Experimental Permit' issued by the PA DEP to Bion prior...

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Small-business owners in Pennsylvania working to prevent pollution and save money may now apply for a Small Business Advantage Grant through the Department of Environmental Protection. Businesses can apply for 50-percent matching funds of up to $9,500 to adopt or acquire energy-efficient or pollution-prevention equipment or procedures. "This program helps small businesses secure energy-efficient means to conduct their...

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At today's annual Chesapeake Bay Executive Council meeting, Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Krancer reported on Pennsylvania's continuing efforts to improve the condition of the bay. The Chesapeake Executive Council, which met this year in Gunston Hall, Va., includes officials from Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Commission and the U.S. Environmental...

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast a code Orange air quality action day for ozone for Tuesday, July 3, for the Pittsburgh and Liberty-Clairton regions. On air quality action days, young children, the elderly and those with respiratory problems, such as asthma, emphysema and bronchitis, are especially vulnerable to the effects of air pollution and...

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection is reminding homeowners and landowners who are conducting work in or along streams and wetlands that a permit may be required from DEP or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "Homeowners and landowners may not be aware that state or federal law requires a DEP permit for certain types of work they want to do on their own property," DEP Secretary Mike Krancer said. "DEP is here as a...

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In advance of a panel discussion on hydraulic fracturing regulations, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Krancer today outlined in a letter to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) some perspectives that the organization missed in its May 2012 report, "In Fracking's Wake: New Rules are Needed to Protect Our Health and Environment from Contaminated Wastewater." Krancer will take part...

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Krancer announced today that Lynn Langer has been named regional director of the agency's South-central office as of July 2. Langer has served since 2004 as the region's assistant director. "Lynn has demonstrated throughout her career that she is a problem solver and that she knows this region thoroughly," Krancer said. "Her work with a multitude of stakeholders over the...

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Krancer announced today that Marcus Kohl, director of DEP's Office of Program Integration, has been named regional director of the agency's North-central office effective July 2. "Marcus has been tested under fire on some of the most critical and complex projects we have had since I have been here," Krancer said. "He has proven his mettle as a facilitator and he has...