We have been receiving lots of questions concerning the Adelphia Gateway Pipeline. I am going to try to print out and answer the most common questions. Can I do something to stop this dead in its tracks? ANSWER: Negotiating protections for your pr...
Read MoreAdelphia Gateway Pipeline NOW active
The Adelphia Gateway Pipeline is currently sending notices to property owners. The letters deal with the re-tasking of the former pipeline from oil to gas. Adelphia is using Western Land Services as its agent. Think of Land Agents (Land Men) as ad...
Read MoreMariner East 2 Pipeline DEP Settlement
On August 9, 2017 Pennsylvania DEP reached an agreement with Sunoco related to its Mariner East 2 pipeline. Parties to the agreement included the Clean Air Council, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, and the Mountain Watershed Association, Inc. We have h...
Read MoreStucco Verdict against Remediation Contractor
Tupitza & Associates, P.C. obtained an $813,000 verdict for clients on June 21, 2017, against stucco remediation contractor Atlantic Remediation and Restoration Contractors, LLC. (“ARRC”) and its principal, Harry Weatherby. The ver...
Read MoreTownship Sues Sunoco Pipeline,L.P.
2/17/2017 West Goshen Township, in Chester County has filed a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission against Sunoco Pipeline, LP over the Mariner East pipeline. The suit alleges a breach of an agreement with the township. The Pipelines Sunoc...
Read MoreCommon Mistake Leads to Quashing of Partition Appeal
Feb 10, 2017 The Superior Court just quashed a Partition case, based on a common misunderstanding of the appellate rules. In Zablocki v. Beining, 2017 Pa. Super 32, an appeal was taken after the Court adopted the Report of a Master and Ordered the ...
Read MoreCFPB issues $3.5M Kickback Fine
February 2, 2017 The CFPB, (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) this week ordered Prospect Mortgage to pay a $3.5 million fine for improper mortgage referrals. The CFPB called it a kickback scheme. There are three reasons why the mortgage company ...
Read MoreCourt Gives Property Owners a Win in Oil/Gas
WIN FOR PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS – PA SUPREME COURT LANDMARK DECISION OPENS THE DOOR FOR CHALLENGES AGAINST THE OIL/GAS INDUSTRY – By M. Bobbie Kalia, Esq., September 29, 2016 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court yesterday struck down portions of the S...
Read MoreGroup moves to Stop Sunoco Pipeline.
September 26, 2016, Delaware County, PA. The Middletown (Delaware County, PA) Coalition for Community Safety is presenting an emergency application for an Injunction today to delay the vote by the Township of Middletown, in connection with the gran...
Read MoreEPA Questions Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
In July, 2016, the United States Environmental Protection Agency issued a four-page letter to FERC (the Federal Energy Regulation Commission), raising questions about Transco’s Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, proposed to be built through Pennsylvan...
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