Department of Environmental Protection

Kenworth - Wed March 05, 2025

New Cummins Gasoline Engine for Kenworth Medium-Duty Trucks Meets All 2027 EPA, CARB Requirements

At NTEA Work Truck Week 2025, Kenworth presented the Cummins B6.7 Octane engine for the first time. The new gasoline engine will be EPA 2027 certified, will meet strict CARB low NOx regulations and will be available for order mid-late 2025 in Kenworth's line of Class 5-7 conventional trucks....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 20, 2018

Repairing the Longest Tunnel in the World

Considered the largest and most complex repair project in the 176-year history of New York City's drinking water supply, a $1 billion effort is under way to repair two areas of leakage within the 85-mile Delaware Aqueduct....

New York City Department of Environmental - Mon October 15, 2018

CWC, DEP Break Ground for Building in Delaware County

The Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) and New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking for a 35,000-sq.-ft. building near Arkville that will house a total of more than 70 employees from both agencies....

Emily Buenzle - Wed May 09, 2018

Federal Funds Help State Clean Up Abandoned Mines

One state's mines are in for some spring cleaning. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said it plans to spend $55 million on cleaning up abandoned mines across the state. Projects will include:Treating polluted water from the mines;Stabilizing mine lands that have been deemed unsafe; andPutting out mine fires that have been burning underground, State Impact reported....

Mon April 16, 2018

West Virginia Regulators Debut Pipeline Web Page

CHARLESTON, W. Va. (AP) West Virginia environmental regulators have debuted an Internet page to help residents learn more about five major natural gas pipelines that are either proposed or under construction....

The Associated Press - Thu January 04, 2018

Pennsylvania Shuts Down Construction on Sunoco Gas Pipeline

Pennsylvania environmental officials ordered Sunoco Jan. 3, to halt construction of a natural gas pipeline across the southern part of the state, citing a series of spills and leaks of drilling fluid and other “egregious and willful violations” of state law that have plagued the $2.5 billion project....

Mon August 07, 2017

West Virginia DEP Orders Halt to Rover Pipeline Segments

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (AP) West Virginia environmental authorities have ordered a halt to Rover Pipeline construction where it found permit violations damaging several streams. The Department of Environmental Protection said inspectors in April, May, June and July found erosion-control failures that left sediment deposits....

Wayne Parry - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue November 15, 2016

Four Years After Sandy, Some Still Fight Jersey Shore Dunes

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) Opponents of New Jersey's plan to create protective sand dunes launched a new legal battle against it, hours before similar work advanced at the opposite end of the shore. In southern New Jersey, five homeowners in Margate sued the state and federal governments seeking to block a hotly contested dune project between their homes and the ocean....