Range Resources pleads no contest to environmental crimes at Marcellus wells
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Range Resources recently pleaded no contest to a criminal conviction under a Pennsylvania grand jury investigation, including violations of the Solid Waste Management Act and illegal discharge of industrial wastes at a pair of Marcellus shale natural gas well sites in Washington County, according to the Observer-Reporter.
The company will pay $50,000 in fines and $100,000 in contributions to the Washington County watershed funds, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced last week.
Range’s violations involved leaks at the Yeager wastewater storage pond in Amwell Township and “significant” pollution at the company’s Brownlee site in Buffalo Township.
At the Yeager wastewater storage pond, persistent leaks contaminated residential water supplies. At the Brownlee pad, wastewater leaks from a containment holding tank contaminated a creek and flowed onto a nearby farm, affecting 1/3 of an acre and requiring the removal of approximately 100 trees and 12,000 square feet of soil.
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