Early this morning, a handful of local impacted residents bravely shut down Mariner East construction site for about an hour, calling attention to the egregiousness of yesterday’s decision to allow the temporary restart of drilling.

Last night we learned that a judge for the Environmental Hearing Board approved a temporary restart of the Shoen Rd drill site here in West Whiteland, PA, allowing construction BEFORE the full hearing is scheduled for next week.

This site has been the location of 3 shut downs since Energy Transfer first hit the aquifer impacting the private wells of approximately two dozen homes in June 2017.

It is clear that Energy Transfer is unable to successfully and safely construct their dangerous pipelines at this drill site. We call upon Governor Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to SHUT IT DOWN.

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Mariner East is a dangerous pipeline project for overseas plastics production. It’s construction over the past 3 years has contaminated our water, caused dozens of sinkholes, racked up close to 200 Notices of Violation with the DEP, and millions of dollars in fines. #HaltMarinerNow

WEST WHITELAND TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is investigating a spill at two Marine East 2 Pipeline sites in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

An unconfirmed amount of drilling fluid has spilled into the wetlands and migrated into Marsh Creek Lake in Upper Uwchlan Township.

The DEP is on scene trying to clean up the spill and the Fish and Boat Commission is assessing the impact on wildlife.

A second issue is also being reported at a drill site in West Whiteland Township.

“The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is actively investigating issues at 2 ETP Mariner East 2 sites in Southeast PA; these sites are known as HDD 360 in West Whiteland Township and HDD 290 in Upper Uwchlan Township. Work at both sites has stopped until further notice as DEP continues its investigations,” said the DEP in a statement.

The Clean Air Council believes that at least 1,000 gallons of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) fluid, has leaked into Marsh Creek Lake.

“More than a year ago, Clean Air Council and allies urged the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to stop Sunoco from going ahead with new HDD plans at Marsh Creek State Park because of the high risk of spills,” said the environmental organization.

https://6abc.com/dep-investigating-spill-at-marsh-creek-lake-in-chester-co/6366626/?fbclid=IwAR3ZYAixWC-MJ4qLRezWraWQ7De-keW2y2rCvI41YxUzUNvbceUCfB0OTkc