DEP Announces a Ban on Energy Transfer Permits and Approvals

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

February 8, 2019

 

Contacts:

Matt Walker: 215-567-4004 ext 121, mwalker@cleanair.org

 

DEP Announces a Ban on Energy Transfer Permits and Approvals

 

On Friday, Governor Wolf and the Department of Environmental Protection issued a ban on the issuance of water and earth-moving permits and approvals for Energy Transfer pipelines in Pennsylvania.

In response, Joseph Otis Minott, Esq. Executive Director and Chief Counsel of Clean Air Council, issued the following statement:

“The ban on new permits and approvals to Energy Transfer is the kind of leadership on pipelines that the public has been waiting for from Governor Wolf. This was a crucial step to protect the public from a company with a track record of environmental destruction, public safety disasters, and deception. The next logical step is to stop the operation of ET’s Mariner East pipelines for good.”