Company Facing Environmental Charges For 2018 Beaver County Pipeline Explosion
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
BUTLER, Pa. (KDKA) - The company behind a pipeline explosion in Beaver County in 2018 is charged with environmental crimes.
Energy Transfer is accused of spilling industrial waste into Raccoon Creek and ignoring erosion concerns that led to a landslide that caused the explosion. The
Barns burned, animals were killed and dozens of people had to evacuate their homes. Two acres of trees burned and six high-voltage towers collapsed.
Energy transfer and its subsidiary ETC Northeast Pipeline now face nine criminal charges.
The Revolution Pipeline is more than 40 miles long, starting in Butler County and going through Beaver and Allegheny counties to connect to a processing plant in Washington County.
