DEP Publishes Section 401 Water Quality Certification For Revolution Pipeline In Western PA

The Department of Environmental Protection published a series of four notices in the June 5 PA Bulletin related to Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the Revolution natural gas pipeline.  (PA Bulletin, page 3183)

The Revolution Pipeline route goes through Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Washington counties. This certification relates to proposed restoration and on-site mitigation of aquatic resources impacted by slope failures along the pipeline route.

In January 2020, DEP fined the owners of Revolution Pipeline $30.6 million for a series of failures related to the pipeline construction that resulted in a 2018 explosion of the pipeline in Beaver County just shortly after the new pipeline started operating. Read more here.

The owners of Revolution Pipeline -- an Energy Transfer Partners subsidiary-- have been trying to fix the problems related to the pipeline’s construction since that time.

Visit DEP’s Revolution Pipeline webpage for more information.

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Related Articles:

-- DEP Order Requires Payment Of $125,000 Penalty For Latest Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Violations In Beaver County

-- DEP Orders Energy Transfer Partners To Keep Natural Gas Out Of Unstable Sections Of Revolution Pipeline That Exploded In 2018

-- DEP Issues $30.6 Million Penalty Over ETC Revolution Pipeline Explosion Violations; Lifts Permit Bar

-- PUC Bureau Of Investigation Proposes $1 Million Penalty For Multiple Violations That Led To Explosion Of Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline In Beaver County

[Posted: June 4, 2021]  PA Environment Digest