On Wednesday Democratic Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced criminal charges against Equitrans L.P. over a 2018 natural gas explosion.
State authorities have announced charges against a company over a natural gas explosion that leveled a house and injured a western Pennsylvania family five years ago. Attorney General Michelle Henry said Wednesday that the criminal complaint alleges methane gas in an underground storage reservoir owned and operated by Equitrans L.P. migrated upward into a deteriorating company storage well and eventually reached the Greene County home, leading to the blast.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported earlier this year that a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection report last year said the source of the gas couldn't conclusively be determined but cited Equitrans and Peoples Natural Gas as two likely candidates. While the report was not made public, it was included in the family's legal action. But the state investigative grand jury blamed Equitrans, citing testimony from current and former officials and industry consultants.
Had Equitrans done their due diligence and noticed the signs of a gas leak, they may have been able to stop the leak before this catastrophe,' Henry said. Equitrans was charged with prohibition against discharge of industrial waste, prohibition against other pollutions and two counts of unlawful conduct under the clean streams law, officials said.
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