Energy Transfer Fined $140K for Pipe Violation in Beaver County, PA

Yet another fine for Energy Transfer (ET), assessed by the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP). This time the DEP has fined ET $140,000 for violations that occurred in 2019 and 2020 during the construction of ET's B15 Well Connect Pipeline construction project located in Beaver County, PA. According to the consent order and agreement (COA), "sections of the pipeline project were not temporarily stabilized, areas of the site showed accelerated erosion and sedimentation, waterbars were not installed properly or not installed in the approved locations, and erosion and sedimentation best management practices (BMP) were inoperable or ineffective."

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