Sunoco ordered to dredge lake, pay $4M over pipeline spill
Associated PressA pipeline developer will dredge part of a contaminated lake and pay more than $4 million for spilling thousands of gallons of drilling fluids at a popular state park outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania state officials announced Monday in a settlement that will allow construction to resume. “Southeast Pennsylvania lost a significant recreational resource when the impacted area of the lake was closed due to the drilling fluid impacts, and many residents and community members expressed the need to restore those opportunities,” said Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn. “Once installed, construction of the full Mariner East pipeline will be complete, of which the majority is already in service.” The August 2020 spill at Marsh Creek was among a series of mishaps that has plagued Mariner East since construction began in 2017. The pipeline system transports propane, ethane and butane from the enormous Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale gas fields in western Pennsylvania to a refinery processing center and export terminal near Philadelphia.
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