The rule is part of the Biden Administration’s pledge to reduce methane emissions 30% below 2020 levels by 2030.

Shell’s ethane cracker is scheduled to open soon and begin processing ethane into plastic pellets.

Pipeline Safety Trust recently commissioned a report to assess the state of CO2 pipeline safety regulation.

A grand jury said its review of construction documents and witness testimony produced an “overall theme of inadequate erosion control devices” and multiple landslides and slips.

Last year, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued a record $30 million fine to the company for the blast, focusing on the pipeline’s faulty slope stabilization.

Sen. Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester) joined eight other state lawmakers to call on the Wolf Administration to halt the Mariner East Pipeline project.

The spills released a total of 412 gallons of industrial waste into wetlands and streams between February and August 2020.

As part of the fine, the company would agree to several added safety precautions, including more inspections and additional monitoring for landslides along its route. 

The discharge is not toxic, but it can hurt stream life. And people who live near the work site are fed up with a project one says moves ‘full steam ahead’ no matter the consequences.