Pennsylvania AG investigates Sunoco Pipeline Deversion in Bucks County

The Prosecutor General of Pennsylvania said on Monday that his section of environmental offenses is investigating an Sunoco pipes spill that contaminated drinking water wells in a Bucks County Community.

“I can confirm that we are investigating,” said Brett Hambright, a office spokesman.

Last week, Edward Louka, the first deputy lawyer of the district at Bucks District Lawyer, Jennifer Schorn, told Sunoco residents and representatives during a public meeting that the office asked the state to analyze the detected discharge in January.

“We are aware and we are concerned about the situation,” Louka told the 11th of March. “The Office of the Attorney General has a section for environmental offenses. On February 13, Schorn District lawyer sent them. “

Louka said the state investigation is in the “initial stages”.

Sunoco is owned by the transfer of energy based on Texas. The representatives of the energy transfer will not be contacted immediately for months.

In addition, a group of residents in the Mt neighborhood. Eyre in Washington Crossing, Upper Makefield Township, where the leak took place, hired a lawyer.

Earlier this month, the State Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) ordered the energy transfer to provide all the inhabitants of the neighborhood with bottled water and to install and monitor the wells.

The transfer of energy performed hundreds of tests on water with wells in the MT neighborhood. Eyre and on a radius of a mile where the leak took place. So far, six wells have tested the drinking water standards above. Five additional wells had detectable quantities of oil contaminants, but below state health standards.

Detected leaks detected on 31 Januaryweeks after residents reported the smell of an oil smell.

Sunoco told the Federal Federal for the Dangerous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) that 156 jet fuel barrels were released through a “slow drip”, which he then repaired with a sleeve.

However, a PHMSA report has established that the line Had leaked at least 16 months Before being discovered and that the line presents a “risk for public safety, property or environment”. He ordered Sunoco to reduce the flow as a way to reduce pressure in the pipe.

The 14 -inch Twin Oaks of Sunoco, built in 1958, transports large fuel with jet, diesel and gas from the Twin Oaks in Sunoco in Aston, Delaware County to Newark, NJ, includes a Bucks Station in Newark. The pipeline runs about 106 miles largely through the suburbs, crossing numerous rivers, including delaware, and numerous state and local parks are carried out.

A report this week De Pa Environment Digest, a blog led by former DEP Secretary, David Hess, mentioned that the energy transfer was fined over $ 48.1 million for “multiple, serious violations, related to the construction of Mariner East and Revolution pipes starting in 2018