MarkWest settles air pollution claim for facilities in Appalachian basin
Monday, April 30, 2018
by Matt Warnock
MarkWest, which operates natural gas facilities across the Appalachia basin, has agreed to pay $610,000 and spend several million dollars to install emissions control technology to settle an air pollution claim brought by the federal government and state of Pennsylvania, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The newspaper says the U.S. Department of Justice announced that MarkWest Liberty Midstream Resources and its operation in Ohio, Ohio Gathering Co., will spend about $2.4 million to install equipment to reduce air emissions at facilities in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. For more, read the full story.