Pennsylvania has built much of its history on energy, from the coal that fueled the steel industry to the first oil pumped from the ground to the natural gas being pried out today. That has built up the Keystone State. It also has left a legacy of environmental fallout that
Shell Pipeline Co. and a pipeline contractor, Minnesota Limited, have agreed to pay a $670,000 fine for pollution they generated during the construction of the Falcon pipeline in Western Pennsylvania.
The Shell Pipeline Co. and a contractor will pay $670,000 for violations that released chemicals into local waterways, including the Ohio River. The state Department of Environmental Protection, Shell and its contractor, Minnesota Limited, agreed to the settlement. The DEP said in a release that 67 inspections showed repeated violations
The Shell Pipeline Co. and its prime contractor that built the Falcon pipeline have agreed to pay a nearly $700,000 civil penalty with state environmental regulators for pollution caused during
Shell Pipeline Co. and a contractor hired to build Shell’s Falcon Pipeline will pay Pennsylvania $670,000 in civil penalties for violations spanning two years.