2/15/17
by News Department on 02/15/17Environmentalists try to halt pipeline...
Environmental groups are trying to halt construction of a 306-mile natural gas liquids pipeline across southern Pennsylvania while they appeal newly issued permits.
The groups are claiming the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection approved incomplete permit applications Monday for the Sunoco Logistics' pipeline.
They argue construction of the 306-mile section of Mariner East 2 would cause massive and irreparable harm to the state's environment and residents.
The Clean Air Council, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, and Mountain Watershed Association appealed the decision to a state environmental hearing board.
Sunoco Logistics said the permits would allow it to start construction on the $2.5 billion project to move propane and other natural gas liquids from Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia across 17 Pennsylvania counties, including Berks, to its processing and distribution facility in Marcus Hook, Delaware County.
