Construction of the Mariner East Pipeline system crossing Pennsylvania was completed several months ago, but the contentious Energy Transfer LP project continues to rack up legal penalties.
crossing Pennsylvania was completed several months ago, but the contentious Energy Transfer LP project continues to rack up legal penalties.against Energy Transfer’s subsidiary Sunoco Pipeline LP for violations related to construction of the pipeline through an apartment complex in Middletown Township, Delaware County.
The PUC by a 3-0 vote adopted a recommended decision by an administrative law judge that partly upheld a complaint from Glen Riddle Station LP, the owner of a 124-unit apartment complex that wasMarch 8 recommended decision by Administrative Law Judge Joel H. Cheskis said Sunoco created a fire hazard during construction, made excessive noise, and failed to adequately communicate with residents of Glen Riddle Station Apartments.
But the judge also dismissed Glen Riddle Station’s complaints that Sunoco created traffic hazards, caused a water main leak, and improperly used a dangerous product, Calciment, on its property. The judge said that Glen Riddle had failed to demonstrate that Sunoco misapplied Calciment, a lime material used as a drying agent that canSunoco’s exceptions to the judge’s recommendation were “entirely without merit,” the PUC said in its order.
David La Torre, a spokesman for Glen Riddle Station, said the apartment owners were pleased the PUC validated its objections related to Sunoco’s “reckless behavior.” The most important part of the decision, La Torre said, was a requirement that Sunoco stop its “dangerous conduct” since it remains active in the township.