UWCHLAN — Will the Sunoco Mariner East 2 pipeline be safe?
After hearing the results from a public/privately funded pipeline-related quantitative risk analysis, supervisors voted unanimously to send letters to PEMA and Chester County urging an update of the pipeline emergency management plan.
“Sunoco is operating on the premise that they can do anything they want unless the law forbids,” Supervisor Kim Doan said, at Monday’s meeting.
The risk analysis overseen by Del-Chesco United for Pipeline Safety, can predict outcomes on the Sunoco Mariner East pipeline and all other present or future highly volatile liquid pipelines.
Township solicitor Mark Freed said that the letter will be drafted this week. After he was asked by one of 60 audience members, Freed also said that he had researched the matter but will dig deeper to see if the township is able to declare a state of emergency.
Pipeline builder Sunoco changed plans and expects to connect three different pipelines, by the end of the year, including an 80-year-old 12-inch line, to ship highly volatile fuels 350 miles from western Pennsylvania,…
