PA DEP Issues Final Guidance on Radioactive Waste from Shale
Last weekend the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) published a notice in the weekly (Saturday) edition of the Pennsylvania Bulletin to announce final guidance (i.e. regulations) on handling radioactive waste going to solid waste processing and disposal facilities from unconventional shale gas drilling operations and other sources. Last year MDN told you about a plan by the Wolf administration to require quarterly testing at landfills that accept shale drill cuttings (see PA DEP to Require Radium Tests at Landfills Accepting Drill Cuttings). These new regs go WAY beyond that.
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