The ETC Northeast Pipeline received a $30.6 million civil penalty from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for violations related to the 2018 Revolution Pipeline explosion and fire, according to Farm and Dairy.

Incidentally, the penalty is one of the largest civil penalties collected in a single settlement.

The pipeline explosion and fire were caused by a landslide on Sept. 10, 2018, when a section of the Revolution Pipeline separated and allowed gas to escape. The gas, then, ignited and resulted in a fire that burned several acres of forested areas; destroyed a single-family home, a barn, and numerous vehicles; resulted in the evacuation of nearby residents, and caused six high voltage electric transmission towers to collapse. No one was harmed in the incident.

However, the investigation that followed determined that ETC, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners, had failed to stabilized areas along the pipeline resulting in additional slides. It also found the company did not implement or maintain hundreds of best management practices to address stormwater runoff and found that, during the construction of the pipeline, it had illegally impacted numerous streams and wetlands along the pipeline’s path.

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