DEP hears concerns over evaporator at landfill that processes frack waste Julie GrantSeptember 2, 2022 Residents and others are concerned that radiation from fracking waste treated at the landfill will end up in the evaporator's air emissions. EnergyHealthWater
DEP Issues New Fines for Westmoreland County Landfill That Accepts Drilling Waste Reid FrazierOctober 15, 2020 The agency fined Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill $59,000 for multiple violations over the past year, including spills and leaks. EnergyPollution
DEP Fines Landfill Near Pittsburgh for Problems Tied to Fracking Waste Reid FrazierFebruary 21, 2020 The landfill was sending liquid waste to a local sewage treatment plant, causing it to release contaminants including radium into the Monongahela River. EnergyWater
How did fracking contaminants end up in the Mon River? A loophole in the law might be to blame Reid FrazierSeptember 11, 2019 Fracking pollutants went to a landfill, through a sewage treatment plant and into the Mon River. EnergyPollutionWater
AG Investigating Wastewater Case from Landfill that Accepts Fracking Waste Reid FrazierMay 24, 2019 The landfill's wastewater was causing problems for the Belle Vernon municipal treatment plant. EnergyPollutionWater
