Pennsylvania Judge Rejects Shutting Mariner East Pipelines
12/12/2018
(REUTERS) - A Pennsylvania administrative law judge on Tuesday denied a petition by state residents asking utility regulators to prohibit the operation of Energy Transfer LP and its Sunoco subsidiary's Mariner East pipelines.
Mariner East (source: Sunoco Pipeline)
The petition filed in November sought interim emergency relief, citing risks from the pipelines in the area and urging the state's Public Utility Commission to direct Sunoco to stop operation of its Mariner East 1 pipeline and prohibit operation of its Mariner East 2 pipeline.
The residents alleged that the company did "not provide adequate notice of procedures sufficient to ensure the safety of the public in the event of a leak or rupture," according to the petition.
Judge Elizabeth Barnes ruled that the petitioners failed to demonstrate a need for immediate relief.
"We are pleased with the judge's ruling," Energy Transfer spokeswoman Lisa Dillinger said in an emailed statement, adding that the company expects Mariner East 2 to be put into service by the end of the year.
Mariner East transports liquids from the Marcellus and Utica shale fields in western Pennsylvania to customers in the state and elsewhere, including international exports from Energy Transfer's Marcus Hook complex near Philadelphia.
Mariner East 2 and another Energy Transfer project, the Rover natural gas pipe from Ohio to Michigan, were delayed over the past year, in part, because the projects together racked up more than 800 state and federal permit violations while the company raced to build them.
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