After Mariner East construction spilled over 8,000 gallons of toxic drilling mud into Marsh Creek Lake last August, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) permanently halted construction near Marsh Creek Lake and ordered Energy Transfer to reroute this section to the other side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Instead, Energy Transfer has submitted a new plan to open trench construction even closer to Marsh Creek Lake and across a wetland and two creeks which feed into the lake. This proposed plan threatens this valuable natural resource, wildlife habitat, treasured state park, drinking water source and private properties. This plan may be better for Energy Transfer’s profits, but not for the environment.
We've seen the effects that poor planning and execution on this dangerous pipeline project have caused: Sinkholes, seeps, impacted aquifers feeding public and private wells, sediment discharges into waterways, etc. Once again, Energy Transfer has submitted a construction plan without fully assessing the potential impacts, environmental and otherwise.
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