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Harrisburg, Pa. — The Pa. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) reviews over 45,000 permit applications every year. The department announced on Nov. 19 that it has cleared 75% of its total backlog since Nov. 1 of last year, and has completely cleared its backlog of oil and gas permits. “At DEP we are moving at the speed of business — taking care of backlogged permits and not adding to the list — while protecting clean air and water and public health,” said DEP Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley. “We’ve invested in people and technology to meet the needs of the people and businesses of Pennsylvania and those investments are paying off.” Some applications submitted to DEP include requests for land clearing to start construction projects; air quality permits for factories and power plants; permits to upgrade drinking water systems to remove chemicals like PFAS; and permits to install oil and gas wells. The department is working on modernizing the permitting process through hiring 225 new employees, investigating and addressing bottlenecks, and implementing technological advancements. Its backlog reduction initiative began Nov. 1, 2023, when DEP had over 2,400 applications to process. Chapter 102 and Chapter 105 application pilot programs are underway in limited counties to expedite processing, which so far have cut down processing times by 63-73 days. Through these programs, applicants meet with DEP representatives to check for errors prior to submitting an application. DEP sped up its permitting process in part through the PAyback program, which went into effect in November 2023. The program gives a moneyback guarantee for permit applicants if their application is overdue. Since going into effect, DEP has evaluated more than 40,000 permits without having to refund an application fee. On Nov. 15, 2024, DEP reported that it had eliminated 1,750 applications from its backlog, or 73%, while also keeping up with new application reviews. In the Office of Oil and Gas Management, staff have reviewed and made decisions on all 115 permit applications received before Nov. 1, 2023. DEP is planning on implementing the SPEED program, which is part of the 2024-25 Pa. budget. This program lets permit applicants have a DEP-verified professional conduct an initial review of the application. DEP will then review the professional's recommendations and either make a final decision or provide feedback about technical deficiencies to the applicant. The SPEED program will be available for certain air quality plans; earth disturbance; dam safety; and individual water obstruction and encroachment permits.
No. 25 Illinois rebounds in big way, blasts UMES 87-40
Devonshire Colts 4 Young Men’s Social Club 0 Keino Burch scored twice to lead Devonshire Colts to victory against Social Club at a blustery Police Field on Saturday. Colts stamped their authority despite Social Club holding an extremely deep defensive line in an attempt to close down all passing lanes into dangerous positions. Their main objective was to utilise the pace and skill of Malique Wilson and Pierre Smith on the counter-attack, but they were unable to fire thanks to a lack of cohesion and quality they tried to play through their opponents. About ten minutes into the game Social Club decided to come out of their shell and set up in a mid-block, with the midfield positioned just inside their own half as Colts enjoyed the majority of possession. Social Club were far too predictable on the fleeting occasion they got into the opposition half, forcing the ball to the right at least 60 percent of the time in the opening stages. This made it extremely easy for Colts to shift their defensive shape across and shut down the little danger that Wilson and Trey Tucker posed on the right flank. Colts constantly probed with the majority of control and finally opened the scoring on 17 minutes after a poor defensive mistake. Jahkeylo Burgess found Daniel Ball in space on the left side and Jakida Richardson missed his challenge, allowing Ball to square to the six-yard box, where Burch bundled the loose ball through a congested area into the net. Social Club finally started to use the left side more often and their one promising attack in the first half came when Jinairo Johnston found Pierre Smith, but the winger failed to get the correct weight on his through pass to Josh Hardtman. Just before half-time, Colts doubled their lead in controversial circumstances as Brandon O'Connor attempted to find the diagonal run of Chemarl Henry. His pass was deflected into the sky by Callon Woolridge and Burch controlled it before driving into space and finishing low into the far corner past Tuzo. The linesman originally judged Burch offside but referee Kentoine Jennings overruled his assistant and allowed the goal to stand, much to the chagrin of Social Club supporters. Social Club created their best chance of the afternoon midway through the second half when Josh Hardtman switched the play to the left via Smith, who found the overlapping Richardson to cut the ball back for Johnson but his effort failed to test Colts goalkeeper Jaden Mills-Furbert. Colts captain Chemarl Henry made it three with 15 minutes remaining before Ball got his second assist of the day when he squared for O'Connor to wrap up the scoring in stoppage time with his third goal of the campaign. SCORERS Devonshire Colts: Burch 15, 42, Henry 74, O’Connor 90+1 TEAMS Devonshire Colts (4-2-3-1): J Mills-Furbert 6 – D Davis 6 (sub: I Greaves, 79min), J Dublin 7, M Selassie 6 (sub: A Van Duyne, 84), S Burgess 5 – J Burgess 6, J Paynter 5 – B O’Connor 6, K Burch 7 (sub: S Burchall, 79), D Ball 6 – C Henry 6. Substitutes not used: S Blair-Paynter, C Berkeley, J Saunders, E Weldon. Social Club (4-2-3-1): S Tuzo 5 – T Tucker 5, C Woolridge 6 (sub: T Butterfield, 79), K Butterfield 5, J Richardson 5 – J Johnston 5, M Hardtman 5 (sub: B Swan, 84) – M Wilson 5 (sub: A Matthews 63 4), G Butterfield 5, P Smith 5 (sub: M Rudo 79) – J Hardtman 5. Substitutes not used: K Gilbert, J James-Seymour, K Smith. Booked: M Hardtman, K Butterfield, Woolridge. Referee : K JenningsThe exploration include getting rocks and soil from the moon on Earth, the proposed Bharatiya Antariksha Station and landing an astronaut on the lunar surface. “This mission will mark India's entry into the exclusive league of nations capable of mastering space docking,” Union science minister Jitendra Singh said. “The primary objective of the SpaDeX mission is to develop and demonstrate the technology needed for rendezvous, docking, and undocking of two small spacecraft in a low-Earth circular orbit,” an Isro official said. The secondary objective of the mission includes demonstration of the transfer of electric power between the docked spacecraft, which is essential for future applications such as in-space robotics; composite spacecraft control and payload operations after undocking. “This capability is vital for India's lunar and interplanetary missions. Docking technology enables multi-launch missions and supports future human spaceflight,” Singh said. After the demonstration of docking and undocking experiments, the satellites will continue to orbit the Earth for standalone missions for two years. SDX01 is equipped with a high resolution camera (HRC) and SDX02 has two payloads — a miniature multispectral (MMX) payload and radiation monitor (RadMon). These payloads will provide high-resolution images, natural resource monitoring, vegetation studies and on-orbit radiation environment measurements which have numerous applications, Isro said. The PSLV-C60 mission also carries 24 payloads from various Isro labs, private start-ups and educational institutions for carrying out experiments in space. These 24 payloads are mounted on the fourth stage of the PSLV rocket which will remain in orbit for a few weeks before falling back on the Earth. PS4-Orbital Experiment Module (POEM) provides an opportunity for the scientific community to carry out certain in-orbit microgravity experiments for an extended duration of up to three months using the platform, which otherwise would end up as space debris immediately after the mission objective of injecting the primary payloads of the mission.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Hailey Van Lith scored 17 points and Madison Connor made four 3-pointers and added 14 points on Sunday to help No. 11 TCU beat Brown 79-47. Van Lith added five assists, five rebounds and three steals and Taylor Bigby scored 11 points for the Horned Frogs. TCU (13-1) has won four games in a row since an 82-54 loss to No. 3 South Carolina on Dec. 8 at the Coast to Coast Challenge. Grace Arnolie hit three 3-pointers in the first five minutes and Olivia Young added another with 4:34 left in the first quarter to give Brown a 12-8 lead. The Horned Frogs responded with a 9-2 run to close the period, scored 12 of the first 14 second-quarter points to extend their lead to 13 points and took a 34-25 lead into the intermission. Bigby hit a 3 to open the scoring in the third quarter and TCU led by double figures the rest of the way. The Horned Frogs outrebounded Brown 54-28, including 20-6 on the offensive glass which led to TCU outscoring the Bears 27-5 in second-chance points. Isabell Mauricio led Brown with 17 points on 7-of-16 shooting Brown (6-7). The rest of the Bears players combined to made 10 of 41 (24.4%) from the field. Arnolie added 13 points. TCU made 11 3-pointers on 27 attempts (41%) and the Horned Frogs' 148 this season are the most in Division I. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball
ALSAC announces transition of Richard C. Shadyac, Jr. as CEOCOMMERCE, Texas (AP) — Zach Calzada passed for 333 yards and three touchdowns, and he rushed for a score as Incarnate Word beat East Texas A&M 38-24 on Saturday to claim the Southland Conference title. Incarnate Word (10-2, 7-0) became the first team in program history to finish undefeated in conference play. The No. 6 Cardinals await the FCS selection show on Sunday to learn the playoff matchups. Calzada came in leading the FCS in passing touchdowns with 30 on the season and No. 6 for passing yards (3,018). He finished 26 of 40 with an interception against East Texas A&M. Incarnate Word linebacker Darius Sanders made his third interception in two games then Calzada launched a 43-yard pass to Jalen Walthall to tie it at 14 midway through the second quarter. The Cardinals' Marcus Brown blocked a 45-yard field-goal attempt that would have broken a tie at 24 early in the fourth. Calzada found wide-open Logan Compton in the end zone for a 31-24 lead. Mason Pierce was also left wide open for an 18-yard score with 2:43 left. Ron Peace was 21 of 38 for 165 yards with one touchdown and one interception for East Texas (3-9, 2-4). He also rushed for a score. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football
No. 25 Illinois rebounds in big way, blasts UMES 87-40The Chinese government has flagged it intends to deliver a major stimulus program designed to pull its economy out of an extended period of slow growth. In a communique from the Chinese Politburo, the Party intends to “implement more active macro policies and expand domestic demand... stabilise the real estate and stock markets... and implement moderately loose monetary policy.” Language such as “loose monetary policy” is relatively rare, with Bloomberg stating that the last time it was used was during the Global Financial Crisis. The communique also declared it would ‘strengthen counter-cyclical regulation beyond normal measures”, a phrase that has never been used by the Politburo before. According to investment bank Morgan Stanley, it was “the most aggressive stimulus tone in a decade.” The readout from the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau precedes the annual Central Economic Work Conference that determines priorities for the year ahead such as the country’s growth goal. That meeting is expected to occur on Wednesday and comes as China’s economy attempts to address a prolonged period of deflation, including 26 straight months of falling producer prices and consumer price inflation around zero. The Australian dollar surged more than 1 per cent overnight , while the US-listed shares of both BHP and Rio Tinto each were more than 5 per cent higher in morning trade. Blair Jackson If the stimulus drives further construction it would be welcome news for the Australian economy and the Federal Budget. Recently, Treasurer Jim Chalmers warned that the decline in iron ore prices would affect Government revenues, with Deloitte Access Economics calculating that the fall in tax receipts from commodity companies would punch a $5 billion hole in the budget. Mining profits would also benefit. Recent figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed that profits for mining firms had dropped by nearly 9 per cent over the last three months. The stimulus program comes as President-Elect Donald Trump has declared he will put an additional 10 per cent tariff on Chinese goods, after having campaigned that he will raise tariffs on China to as high as 60 per cent. According a translation of the readout by the Sinocism newsletter, the Politburo asserts; “We must vigorously boost consumption, improve investment efficiency, and expand domestic demand in all aspects. We should use technological innovation to lead the development of new productive forces and build a modern industrial system. We should expand high-level opening up and stabilise foreign trade and investment.” In an encouraging sign for Australian commodity exports, the communique said; “We should continuously consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation, coordinate the promotion of new conurbation and comprehensive rural vitalisation, and promote integrated urban-rural development.” “We must solidly promote high-quality development, further deepen reform comprehensively, expand high-level opening up, build a modern industrial system, better coordinate development and security, implement more active macro policies, expand domestic demand, promote the integration of technological and industrial innovation, (and) stabilise the real estate and stock markets.”
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