Doug Jackson, 202.495.3045 or doug.jackson@sierraclub.org
HARRISBURG, PA -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection fined ETC, an affiliate of the gas and propane transportation company Energy Transfer Partners, $30.6 million after its Revolution Pipeline exploded. Energy Transfer Partners is best known as the company behind the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline and the critically-flawed Mariner East fracked gas-liquids pipeline in Pennsylvania. This settlement also lifts the previously-instituted permit bar on the Mariner East pipeline.
In response, Patrick Grenter, Associate Director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign released the following statement:
"The explosion of the Revolution Pipeline was a devastating and disruptive event for the local community and those who care about them. While we are pleased to see a multi-million dollar fine levied against Energy Transfer, Pennsylvanians can not rest easy until their Department of Environmental Protection ends the construction of the Mariner East and all other fracked gas pipelines.”
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