1. Community Impacts of Mariner East Pipeline Prepared for Delmont Public Library Meeting Delmont, PA July 30, 2014 Presented by Sam Koplinka-Loehr, Clean Air Council

2. Presentation Overview Introduction Mariner East Background Pumping Station Specifics Air Pollutants and Public Health Jobs Revisited Photo Source: Bob Donnan: http://www.donnan.com/EPA_Air-Quality_92711.htm

3. Clean Air Council Marcellus Shale Program Track current rulemaking and write comments on regulations Work with residents to comment and testify on natural gas infrastructure Lawsuits against polluters or agencies Community actions to achieve goals outside of regulatory pathways

4. 64% of PA is above Marcellus Shale. In 2013, PA had over 6,000 wells with 3 trillion cubic feet of gas production. These gas products have flooded regional markets and companies are trying to build pipelines to sell overseas.

5. Mariner East 1

6. New Pipeline 50 miles Western PA Existing Pipeline 300 miles Over 80 years old Oldest pipelines 4% Mariner East 1 Basics Source: 4% of US gas transmission pipelines were built before 1940 Canary LLC CEO Dan Eberhart http://canaryusa.com/aging-us-pipelines/http://canaryusa.com/aging-us-pipelines/

7. Switch the pipeline direction to pump natural gas liquids from wells near Houston, PA to the Marcus Hook Refinery near Philadelphia Increase pressure from 800 pounds per square inch (PSI) to 1400 PSI 18 new pumping stations and 17 new valve control stations 70,000 barrels per day, as of 2015 all will be destined for export to gulf coast and overseas Sunoco Logistics’ Plan

8. Natural Gas Liquids - Ethane Mariner East will transport 100% ethane as of 2015 Extracted as gas, but under pressure becomes a liquid Used industrially for plastics, anti-freeze, and detergents Extremely flammable

9. Sunoco Logistics has been a “public utility” since 2002 Two simultaneous issues – Western PA: Eminent Domain to construct new pipeline – Eastern PA: Exemption from local zoning laws for stations Current PUC process will determine whether or not pumping stations are “reasonably necessary for the convenience and welfare of the public” Public Utility Commission (PUC)

10. Source: PHMSA, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/ reports/operator/OperatorIM_opid_18718.html?nocache=259#_OuterPanel_tab_2http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/ Sunoco Logistics Pipeline Incidents

11. Sunoco Logistics Claims: Mariner East 1 will be operational by Fall 2014 Mariner East 2 will be operational by 2016, capacity of at least 50,000 barrels/day Mariner East 3 will follow thereafter This is Just the Beginning: Mariner East 2 and 3

12. Pumping Stations

14. Emission Sources at Pumping Stations Electric Pump Motors Flaring of gas during maintenance operations and constant flaring of fugitive emissions Source: Data and images from State-only operating permit filed with DEP

15. Flare Design

16. Fugitive Emissions/Leakages Leakage from Compressor Stations. Source: EPA

17. Maximum expected annual flaring: – 312,800 standard cubic feet – Equivalent to 8,696 gallons – 23 gallons daily Could be more if there are maintenance issues Flare Volume

18. Flare will operate 24/7, igniting fugitive emissions from the motor and pipeline seals Flare Frequency

19. Equal to 5 constantly idling school buses Fugitive Emissions: Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

20. 35.8 tons of carbon annually, equal to: – Annual carbon sequestration from 26 acres of forest – Burning 34,884 pounds of coal Carbon Emissions

21. Health Impacts from Pollutants

23. Pollutants from Shale Gas Infrastructure

24. In 2009, the gas industry released more smog-forming emissions than all cars and trucks in the Dallas metro area – New York Times article citing Armendariz’s 2009 report, supported by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/05/27/27greenwire-could-smog-shroud-the-marcellus-shales-natural-3397.html?pagewanted=all Dallas Fort Worth

25. RAND 2013 Air Pollution Study Research and Development finds shale gas air pollution damages already between $7.2 and $30 million in PA. – Health damages: increased asthma, hospitalization, premature death. – Physical damages: agriculture and infrastructure. Source: http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50160.htmlhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50160.html

26. Potential Health Impacts from Ozone Ozone forms from VOC and NOx in the present of sunlight Aggravation of asthma, bronchitis & emphysema and increased susceptibility to pneumonia & bronchitis Linked to bladder, breast, and lung cancers, stroke, diabetes, lung damage, and premature death Throat irritation, congestion, coughing, and chest pain Source: http://www.epa.gov/air/ozonepollution/health.htmlhttp://www.epa.gov/air/ozonepollution/health.html American Lung Association, “Health Effects of Ozone and Particle Pollution,” State of the Air, 2011; President’s Cancer Panel, Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now, 2008-2009 Annual Report (National Cancer Institute, May 2010).

27. Cumulative Health Impacts Taken together, emissions from shale gas infrastructure have substantial public health ramifications. – In their 2013 study, Lisa McKenzie et al. found elevated risk of birth defects in populations residing within ten-miles of gas wells. – Pennsylvania Auditor General July report says DEP “unprepared” to monitor gas from fracking – DOH Employee silencing using list of “codewords” including “Marcellus Shale,” “fracking” Source: L. McKenzie http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1306722/#tab2http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1306722/#tab2

28. Jobs & Alternative Energy

29. Standard dictates 8 percent of Pennsylvania Energy to come from renewables by 2021 Source: http://cleanenergywins.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CleanEnergyWins_PolicyRoadmap.pdf Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards

30. US Solar Source: http://www.thesolarfoundation.org/sites/thesolarfoundation.org/files/TSF%20Solar%20Jobs%20Census%202013.pdfhttp://www.thesolarfoundation.org/sites/thesolarfoundation.org/files/TSF%20Solar%20Jobs%20Census%202013.pdf

31. Out of state credits Market glut Fossil fuel industry lobbying PA Solar

33. Contact Info Sam Koplinka-Loehr, CAC Shale Gas Organizer SKL@cleanair.org

34. Questions?