AG files charges against company over 2022 gas leak at Jackson Township storage field

AG files charges against company over 2022 gas leak at Jackson Township storage field

The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General has filed charges against Equitrans L.P., alleging the company criminally violated the Air Pollution Control Act and Clean Streams Law related to a major 2022 gas leak from a Jackson Township facility.

Toxic Leak, Ruined Land: Energy Giant Equitrans Faces Charges in PA Gas Disaste

HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that Equitrans, LP, is facing criminal charges for its role in a major natural gas leak in 2022 that released methane across several states and caused widespread environmental damage in Cambria County and beyond. The energy company, which owns and operates the Rager Mountain Storage Field, has been charged with 14 counts, including unlawful conduct and violations of both the Cl…

Pa. AG Files Criminal Charges Against Equitrans for 2022 Accident - Marcellus Drilling News

Pennsylvania’s Republican Attorney General, Dave Sunday, has turned out to be a MAJOR disappointment. Yesterday, Sunday’s office filed 14 criminal counts against Equitrans Midstream (now owned and part of EQT Corporation) for an accident that happened in 2022. In November 2022, one of the ten natural gas storage wells at the Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas...

Cambria Co., Gas Company Facing Charges

The State’s Attorney General’s Office has announced that over a dozen charges have been filed against the Equitrans Gas Company in  Cambria County, following a grand jury investigation into a leak that occurred three years ago at the company’s Rager Mountain storage facility, in Jackson Township.  The AG’s office says the company failed to properly maintain its gas well, which led to the leak that ultimately contaminated the ground and nearby wa…