20140957 Ver 2_Attachment 3_PA EHB Order to Halt Sunoco Pipeline_20170818

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407/25/2017
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD
CLEAN AIR COUNCIL, THE DELAWARE
RIVERKEEPER NETWORK, AND
MOUNTAIN WATERSHED ASSOCIATION,
INC.
EHB Docket No. 2017-009-L
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION and SUNOCO PIPELINE, L.P.,
Permittee
ORDER
AND NOW, this 25th day of July, 2017, following two conference calls during which the
parties presented extensive argument in support of their respective positions, it is hereby ordered
that the Appellants' application for a temporary partial supersedeas is granted. The permits that
are the subject of this appeal are hereby superseded effective immediately to the extent they
authorize the Permittee to conduct horizontal directional drilling. However, this Order may be
modified in part if the Permittee provides the Board with detailed affidavits explaining why it
would cause equipment damage, a safety issue, or more environmental harm than good to stop
drilling at the 55 locations where drilling is actively underway. This temporary partial
supersedeas shall expire at 9:00 a.m. on August 7, 2017, unless further extended by the Board.
The hearing on the Appellants' petition for a partial supersedeas shall commence in the Board's
Harrisburg hearing room on the date requested by the parties; namely, 9:00 a.m. on August 7,
2017.

EHB Docket No. 2017-009-L
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD
s/ Bernard A. Labuskes, Jr.
BERNARD A. LABUSKES, JR.
Judge
DATED: July 25, 2017
c: For the Commonwealth of PA, DEP:
William J. Gerlach, Esquire
Gail Guenther, Esquire
Margaret O. Murphy, Esquire
Curtis C. Sullivan, Esquire
Nels J. Taber, Esquire
(via electronic filing system)
For Appellant, Clean Air Council:
Alexander G. Bornstein, Esquire
Kathryn L. Urbanowicz, Esquire
Joseph O. Minott, Esquire
(via electronic filing system)
For Appellant, Delaware Riverkeeper Network:
Aaron J. Stemplewicz, Esquire
(via electronic filing system)
For Appellant, Mountain Watershed Association, Inc.:
Melissa Marshall, Esquire
(via electronic filing system)
For Permittee:
Robert D. Fox, Esquire
Neil S. Witkes, Esquire
Diana A. Silva, Esquire
Jonathan E. Rinde, Esquire
Terry R. Bossert, Esquire
(via electronic filing system)
Court Reporter:
Premier Reporting, LLC
(via electronic mail)
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