Blog Tag Archives: Regulations
Natural Gas Well Permitting in PA: What Producers Need to Know to Stay Efficient & Compliant
Posted by Ben Simpson on Monday, November 3, 2025
Despite a plateau in overall U.S. natural gas production, according to the Marcellus Shale Coalition, the Appalachian Basin continues to lead the nation in supply, accounting for nearly a third of...
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Categories: Oil & Gas Infrastructure
Tagged: Environmental | Natural Gas | Regulations
Is Your Municipality Ready for Tomorrow’s Land Use Challenges? Three Emerging Trends in Pennsylvania You Can’t Afford to Ignore
Posted by John Lavelle on Monday, September 29, 2025
Across Pennsylvania, municipalities are constantly facing new waves of land use pressures, ones that didn’t exist a decade ago but are now reshaping communities and economies. From data centers...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Municipal Engineering | Regulations
It’s Time to Get Serious About Service Line Inventories
Posted by Stacy Silva on Tuesday, August 26, 2025
The countdown for initial service line inventories (SLIs) has reached zero, and that deadline has passed us. But the clock is still ticking for Pennsylvania water systems. By 2037, every system must...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Municipal Engineering | Environmental | Budgeting & Funding | Regulations | Revised Lead & Copper Rule (RLCR)
Understanding the Importance of Industrial Pretreatment
Posted by Natalie O'Connor on Friday, July 25, 2025
Manufacturing and industrial businesses like breweries, bakeries, paper mills, and chemical plants, among others, generate industrial wastewater, which is discharged into our sewers and Publicly...
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Categories: Industrial & Manufacturing
Tagged: Wastewater | Environmental | Regulations
Coast to Coast Compliance: How Location Shapes Environmental Regulations
Posted by Kara Humes on Friday, April 25, 2025
Location is a critical consideration in environmental permitting, as different regions have distinct ecological conditions, regulatory requirements, and community concerns. When looking to site or...
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Categories: Industrial & Manufacturing
Tagged: Environmental | Project Management | Regulations
Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Basics & 2025 Updates
Posted by Josef Posch on Monday, April 21, 2025
The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program was created as part of a response to several events that raised public concern about local preparedness for chemical emergencies and the availability of...
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Categories: Industrial & Manufacturing
Tagged: Municipal Engineering | Environmental | Regulations | Health & Safety
Solar Farm Permitting in Pennsylvania: Insights from PA DEP
Posted by Mark Podlesney on Monday, March 10, 2025
As the world shifts towards cleaner energy production solutions, state and local agencies are evolving their permitting requirements and recommendations. We can see this evolution in the approach to...
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Categories: Oil & Gas Infrastructure
Tagged: Energy Planning & Management | Environmental | Regulations
Service Line Inventories - What's Next: Thriving in the Unknown
Posted by Stacy Silva on Monday, January 6, 2025
View the recording from our roundtable webinar Service Line Inventories: Where We Were, Where We Are, & Where We're Going.You may feel like you are swirling in a sea of unknowns: How will the...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Regulations | Revised Lead & Copper Rule (RLCR)
2025 PA Municipal Bid Base Threshold Amounts
Posted by Bryon Killian on Thursday, January 2, 2025
Each year the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announces new public project cost thresholds required for public bids. The thresholds for 2025 have increased again this year.In 2025, the...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Stormwater | Budgeting & Funding | Regulations
Final Lead and Copper Rule Improvements: What's Changed, What Hasn't?
Posted by Stacy Silva on Monday, October 14, 2024
On October 8, 2024, EPA announced the final Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), following EPA’s review and incorporation of public comments received on the proposed 2023 LCRI. Here are...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Regulations | Revised Lead & Copper Rule (RLCR)