From yesterday:
The state Department of Environmental Protection proposed the new standards that target the new discharges of total dissolved solids. TDS causes toxicity in streams and rivers by increasing salinity, and water analyses of the state's major watersheds show that many rivers and streams have "a very limited ability to assimilate additional TDS, sulfates and chlorides," according to the Pennsylvania Bulletin notice of proposed rulemaking...
The hearing today is at 5 p.m. in the Cranberry Township Municipal Building, 2525 Rochester Road. Other hearings are scheduled for tomorrow at the DEP's Cambria District office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, Cambria County; Wednesday at the DEP Northcentral Regional office, Goddard Conference Room, 208 West Third St., Suite 101, Williamsport, Lycoming County; and Thursday at the Lehigh County Government Center, 17 S. Seventh St. Allentown, Lehigh County. All hearings are at 5 p.m.
The comment period on the proposal closes on Feb. 12.
State to hold public hearings on Marcellus Shale wastewater 
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