Chesapeake Fined $565,000 for PA Environmental Violations

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  Joe Wertz was a reporter and managing editor for StateImpact Oklahoma from 2011-2019. He reported on energy and environment issues for national NPR audiences and other national outlets. He previously worked as a managing editor, assistant editor and staff reporter at several major Oklahoma newspapers and studied journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma.

From our partners at StateImpact Pennsylvania:

The Department of Environmental Protection has slapped Chesapeake Energy with a $565,000 fine for last April’s Bradford County well blowout and two other violations.

This is Chesapeake’s second major Pennsylvania fine within the past year, reports Scott Detrow.

In May 2011, Chesapeake was fined $1 million for a tank fire and drinking well contamination, the largest fine ever issued by that state’s environmental protection department.