Company To Pay Penalty, Complete Environmental Projects Over Emissions

(April 25, 2018, 8:15 AM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources LLC and Ohio Gathering Co. LLC (collectively MarkWest) on April 23 agreed to pay a $691,000 civil penalty and complete three environmental projects to resolve allegations from the federal government, state of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for excessive emissions of volatile organic compounds  (VOCs) from two of its facilities, according to a complaint and consent decree filed in Pennsylvania federal court (United States, et al. v. MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources LLC, et al., No. 18-cv-520, W.D. Pa.)....