Officials: Sunoco failed to meet Marsh Creek cleanup deadline
Drilling mud from the Mariner East II pipeline contaminated Marsh Creek Park in August, 2020. Times File image.
Nearly two years since Sunoco Pipeline L.P. spilled drilling mud into Marsh Creek Lake and its tributaries, and more than one month past the company’s agreed-upon remediation and restoration deadline, state Sen. Katie Muth, D-44, Berks, Montgomery, and state Rep.Danielle Friel Otten, D-155,...
Kennett Supervisors OK new public/private program to cut sediment in waterways
Ashley Allen of i2 Capital
KENNETT — Township Supervisors approved a forward-looking and cost- effective program to improve water quality while meeting the mandates of the federal government and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
“Having a sufficient supply of clean water is a pressing issue for Kennett Township and the whole country,” said Supervisor Chair Richard Leff....
In wake of pipeline settlement, Dinniman says DEP fails to manage pipeline projects
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners more than $30 million, but appears to have green-lit resumption of construction on various ETP pipeline projects including Mariner East II — leaving one local state legislator, state Sen. Andy Dinniman (D-19), expressing anger at the state’s inability...
DEP: Rains, flooding create high level of West Nile in PA’s mosquitos
HARRISBURG — Receding floodwaters and heavy rains across Pennsylvania are creating a perfect storm of conditions, that have contributed to the highest level of West Nile virus activity in the mosquito population since the disease was first introduced in 2000. The disease, which has infected more than 150 people in the past six years, is on track to pose an unusually higher than normal risk this year...
Corbin: Pipeline fines to be used for grant program
State Rep. Becky Corbin (R-155)
Representative Becky Corbin (R-East Brandywine) Tuesday applauded the Department of Environment Protection (DEP) for developing a grant program with the $12.6-million fine assessed against Sunoco in February for permit violations during construction of Mariner East 2.
The grant program, which will open on May 7, will fund projects that reduce or minimize pollution and...
Mariner East II pipeline hearing, Wednesday
The path of the proposed Mariner East II pipeline.
WEST CHESTER — Area residents will be able to testify about the proposed Mariner East II pipeline during a public hearing put on by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection, Wednesday night at West Chester University.
Among local various other elected officials, state Sen. Andy Dinniman said Tuesday it was important that local residents...
