Cryptocurrency Miner Diversified Energy has quietly vacationed a natural gas-powered crypto mining site in Elk County, Pennsylvania, which has been reported to have left unlucky well and regulatory violations.
The site, known as LongHorn Pad A, has resurrected in 2022 after the dormant seated for almost a decade when it began to use it to fuel at generator sites that empowers cryptocurrency mining computers, according to A Report by Erie Times-News.
Each report, the operation was launched without obtaining an air quality permit from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Although the company granted the permit in December 2023, an inspection of March 2025 announced that the diversified mining infrastructure had removed.
Empty metal sheds and missing production equipment led the Dep to issue a formal notice of violation for efficient abandonment. Variously reportedly denied that the site was abandoned, stating that gas manufacture could continue.
However, DEP and environmental advocates said the company failed to meet its obligations. Under an agreement in 2021, Diversified was focused on plugging longorn A and 13 other wells at the end of their operations in operation, an obligation that it was not reportedly not fulfilled.
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Diversified under a thorough investigation into the business model
Environmentalists have long raised concerns about the diversified business model, which involves getting aging, low welling wells and getting the remaining amount without sufficient plans for decommission.
Plugging a single well could cost more than $ 100,000, and Pennsylvania already has over 350,000 orphaned and abandoned wells, making the stakes high.
A 2022 Report The company’s approach to a “business model developed to defeat Appalachia,” warned that taxpayers could leave the bill walking for thousands of unlucky well well.
Diversified recently Sumang -ayon To plug 3,000 wells by 2034 to a separate legal regulation but continue to face regulatory investigation, including an investigation by the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Horton Township officials, where the Longhhorn site is located, say they received no updates from the company.
Local supervisor PJ Piccirillo told Erie Times-News that generators and tanks were removed without notice. “All we know is that the owner seems to be abandoned,” he said.
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US cities face crypto mining
On April 25, the Vilonian planning commission, Arkansas, united A proposal has been rejected to establish A cryptocurrency mining facility within city limits, following strong opposition from residents.
In January, Arkansas lawmakers A bill was introduced That will prohibit crypto mining operations within 30 miles of any US military facility in the state.
Opposition to Crypto-mining centers in Arkansas follows a greater trend in various US municipalities where crypto-mining initiatives face increasing investigation.
In October 2024, a group of residents in Granbury, Texas, filed a lawsuit against marathon digitalsaying its mining facility has built a lot of noise.
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