Sunoco Cleared to Restart Mariner East Work in Pennsylvania After Appeal Granted

摘要

An administrative law judge has allowed Sunoco Pipeline LP to resume horizontal directional drilling (HDD) on a stretch of its Mariner East pipeline system in southeast Pennsylvania, overturning an order from state regulators that stopped construction last week. Sunoco appealed the order to the Penn- sylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB), which oversees decisions made by the state Department of Environmental Pro- tection (DEP). The company argued that a prolonged work stoppage at the site in Chester County’s West Whiteland Town- ship risked losing the 2,800-foot bore- hole and allowing more groundwater to be discharged.