Construction

Rover Pipeline LLC has agreed to pay a $430,030 civil penalty for numerous sediment and erosion control violations during construction in West Virginia, according to a consent order released by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP).

Pennsylvania regulators have once again halted Mariner East (ME) 1 operations just weeks after a similar suspension was lifted, this time granting an emergency order that lays out a laundry list of requirements that Energy Transfer Partners LP subsidiary Sunoco Pipeline must meet before natural gas liquids (NGL) can resume moving on the system.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has slapped Sunoco Pipeline LP with a “historic” $12.6 million fine to resolve dozens of violations related to the company’s Mariner East 2 (ME2) pipeline project, which has also been cleared to restart construction that was suspended early last month.

Capping a chaotic three days, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia late Wednesday denied an emergency motion to stay FERC’s certificate for the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. (Transco) Atlantic Sunrise expansion, allowing construction to immediately resume.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ordered a temporary stay of construction on the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) Atlantic Sunrise project in the latest setback for the Northeast infrastructure build-out.

The state of Ohio is suing Rover Pipeline LLC over numerous alleged water quality violations occurring during the 713-mile greenfield project’s construction in the state, Ohio Attorney General (AG) Mike DeWine announced Friday.

Rover Pipeline LLC construction activities in Washtenaw County, MI, may be partially to blame for petroleum-laced water being discharged into nearby wetlands, according to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ).

The end is in sight to traffic interruptions for new facilities construction that gutted spot sales off TransCanada Corp.’s supply collection network in Alberta and British Columbia, Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL).

After a three-year permitting process, Williams Partners LP said Monday that Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) has officially started greenfield construction on the Atlantic Sunrise project, which is expected to last 10 months.