The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy and Consumer Affairs and Professional Licensure Committees will hold a joint hearing on pipeline safety on March 20.
On the agenda to offer comments are--
-- Gladys Brown, Chairman, Public Utility Commission;
-- Representative of the Department of Environmental Protection;
-- Keith Coyle, Chairman, Marcellus Shale Coalition Pipeline Safety Workgroup.
The hearing follows action by the Public Utility Commission last week to shutdown the Sunoco Mariner East 1 Pipeline in Chester County after nearby construction of the Mariner East 2 Pipeline likely caused sinkholes to develop exposing the operating Mariner East 1 Pipeline.
The pipeline carries volatile and hazardous natural gas liquids from Western Pennsylvania to processing plants in the Philadelphia area.
In February, the Department of Environmental Protection fined Sunoco $12.6 million for violations related to construction of the Mariner East 2 Pipeline which DEP shutdown for several weeks across the state.
For more information on the pipeline safety program, visit the PUC’s Pipeline Safety webpage.
For more information on the pipeline safety program, visit the PUC’s Pipeline Safety webpage.
The hearing will be held in Hearing Room 1 of the North Office Building in Harrisburg starting at 11:00. Click Here to watch live.
Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) serves as Majority Chair of the Senate Environmental Committee and can be contacted by calling 717-787-3280 or sending email to: gyaw@pasen.gov. Sen. John Yudichak (D-Luzerne) serves as Minority Chair and can be contacted by calling 717-787-7105 or sending email to: yudichak@pasenate.com.
Sen. Tommy Tomlinson (R-Bucks) serves as Majority Chair of the Consumer Affairs Committee and can be contacted by calling 717-787-5072 or sending email to: rtomlinson@pasen.gov. Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-Lehigh) serves as Minority Chair and can be contacted by calling 717-787-4236 or sending email to: boscola@pasenate.com.
(Photo: One of the sinkholes near the Mariner East 1 Pipeline in Chester County.)
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