Earlier this month, the state Department of Environmental Protection ordered Energy Transfer to supply residents with bottled water.
By Frank Kummer, Philadelphia Inquirer/ March 17, 2025, 11:41 a.m.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office said Monday that its environmental crimes section is investigating a Sunoco pipeline spill that contaminated drinking water wells in a Bucks County community.
“I can confirm we are investigating,” said Brett Hambright, a spokesperson for the office.
Last week, Edward Louka, first assistant district attorney to Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn, told residents and representatives of Sunoco during a public meeting that the office had asked the state to look into the spill detected in January.
“We are aware and concerned with the situation,” Louka said at the March 11 meeting. “The Attorney General’s Office has an environmental crimes section. On Feb. 13, District Attorney Schorn did refer this to them.”
Louka said that the state investigation is in its “initial stages.”
Sunoco is owned by Texas-based Energy Transfer. Representatives for Energy Transfer could not be reached Monday for comment.
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