MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - A natural gas pipeline company has paid a $14,440 fine to settle an environmental complaint stemming from a ruptured pipe in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that Williams Ohio Valley Midstream paid the penalty after 132 barrels of natural gas components discharged last year in Moundsville. Media outlets report the components leaked into three waterways, including a tributary of the Ohio River.
The penalty will go into a federal trust fund to be used for future oil spill cleanups.
Williams Ohio Valley Midstream is a division of Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Williams.