Settlement with Cranberry business to result in reduction of over 8,200 tons of carbon dioxide emissions
A proposed settlement with a Cranberry Township business aims to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act involving the company’s oil and gas production operations in Pennsylvania.
The Justice Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced they have a proposed settlement with PennEnergy Resources, 3000 Westinghouse Drive, Suite 300, that would result in a reduction of over 8,200 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year released as methane.
If the settlement is accepted by the court, it will require PennEnergy to undertake various projects to assess, modify and improve monitoring and maintenance of vapor control systems.
The settlement will also eliminate more than 150 tons of volatile organic compound emissions annually.
PennEnergy also agreed to pay a $2 million civil penalty, which will be shared equally by the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a co-plaintiff in this case.
The company will undertake compliance measures at 17 of its oil and gas production facilities and partial measures at an additional 32 facilities, all located in Butler and Lawrence counties.
By Jan. 1, PennEnergy will be required to replace at least 217 pollutant-emitting pneumatic devices with non-emitting devices which are estimated to cost $1.2 million.
PennEnergy is a privately owned oil and gas company focused on the acquisition and development of unconventional shale resources in the Appalachian Basin with about 370 wells at 107 oil and gas facilities located in western Pennsylvania.
