Exxon Illegally Dumped Waste in Pennsylvania
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Exxon Mobil Corp., the world’s largest energy company, was charged with dumping more than 50,000 gallons of wastewater at a shale gas drilling site in Pennsylvania, according to Bloomberg News.
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“Exxon unit XTO Energy Inc. discharged the water from waste tanks at the Marquandt well site in Lycoming County in 2010, according to a statement on the website of Pennsylvania’s attorney general. The pollution was found during an unannounced visit by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection.
The inspectors discovered a plug removed from a tank, allowing the wastewater to run onto the ground, polluting a nearby stream. XTO was ordered to remove 3,000 tons of soil to clean up the area. Wastewater discharged from natural-gas wells can contain chlorides, barium, strontium and aluminum, the attorney general’s statement showed.”
XTO was charged with five counts of unlawful conduct under the Clean Streams Law and three counts under the Solid Waste Managment Act.
» Via: Bloomberg News › Exxon Charged With Illegally Dumping Waste in Pennsylvania
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