While Williams Cos. in Tulsa was dealing with the fallout from its merger with Energy Transfer Equity, one of its subsidiaries in West Virginia was being fined $14,440 by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The EPA announced the fine on Wednesday against Williams Ohio Valley Midstream after 132 barrels of natural gas components spilled last year during a pipeline break in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle. The break occurred in the city of Moundsville and published reports indicted the spill flowed into three waterways including a tributary of the Ohio River.
The EPA said the fine will go into a federal trust fund to be used for oil spill cleanups.
