West Chester >> State Sen. Andy Dinniman, D-19, said he was forced to file a right-to-know request to obtain a list of private groundwater wells located near the path of Sunoco Pipeline’s Mariner East 2 pipeline project in Chester County.
“While I find it ludicrous that I have to file a legal request to obtain information that is public anyway, this is what must be done to protect my constituents and our water resources,” Dinniman said. “The department failed to ensure that residents were notified in a timely manner the first time around and residential well water supplies were impacted and some permanently damaged. I’m not about to stand by and wait for that to happen again.”
The request, filed with the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), calls for the department to provide its “list of private groundwater wells in Chester County identified by Sunoco Pipeline L.P. within 450 feet of all horizontal directional drilling alignments, including parcels that would be adjacent to, but not directly crossed by the Pennsylvania Pipeline Project and referenced in the revised Water Supply Assessment, Preparedness, Prevention and Contingency Plan.”
Dinniman, who serves on the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, said he needs to access that information to ensure that DEP is doing its due diligence in properly ensuring that residents located near and potentially impacted by the pipeline route are notified. as required under the revised water permit.
Daily Local News – Staff reporter – 09.04.2017
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