PA DEP Releases Revised Erosion & Sedimentation Control Permit
Some of the most important, and slowest, permits issued to drill a new shale well in Pennsylvania are "Erosion and Sediment Control" permits. Well pads and the roads built to access them involve such permits. When sediment/erosion permits are delayed, the whole project is delayed. The PA Dept. of Environmental Protection published an updated general permit covering Oil and Gas Development Erosion and Sedimentation Control (ESCGP-3) in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on Saturday, Oct. 6. The new permit is supposed to streamline and make the approval process faster. We'll see about that.
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