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In light of the cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline, Pa. activists are renewing calls to shut down the Keystone State’s own major pipeline, Mariner East.
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On April 23, this muddy, claylike substance was photographed on the bank of Marsh Creek Lake as the photographer said it was seeping up from the ground. (Ginny Kerslake)
CHESTER COUNTY, PA The Department of Environmental Protection on Earth Day sent investigators to Marsh Creek Lake to collect samples of an unidentified substance reported on the banks of the lake.
A DEP spokesperson said the department has taken samples of gray muddy clay deposits showing up in Marsh Creek Lake near the site of a more than 8,000-gallon drilling fluid spill into the wetlands in August 2020. Sunoco s Mariner East 2 pipeline construction was halted after the accident, and an effort has been ongoing to reroute the pipeline around the state parklands. Read that report from August 2020 here.
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ME 2 pipeline construction site near the Chester County Library and business route 30. (Susan Phillips/WHYY)
This article originally appeared on StateImpact Pennsylvania.
The Chester County District Attorney’s office, using a novel approach to try to hold polluters accountable, filed a consent decree with Mariner East pipeline builder Sunoco Pipeline and Energy Transfer following a civil suit the office filed under the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law.
The law allows county district attorneys to bring public nuisance claims in order to stop polluting activities. The agreement allows the Chester County Court of Common Pleas to hold the company accountable for any future violations of permits issued by the Department of Environmental Protection and the Public Utility Commission.