DEP investigating possible mine blowout
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will investigate a possible mine blowout along Semiconon Run.
“The department received a complaint this morning that a significant amount of water was flowing from multiple locations that are close in proximity in an area near Boy Scout Road and Semiconon Lane in Butler County,” said Melanie Williams, the community relations coordinator for the department's Northwest Regional office.
Rex Coen, a resident who lives on Semiconon Lane, witnessed the results of what he thinks was a blowout around noon Sunday.
“I think that mine has been there forever,” Coen said. “It looked like it might have been leaking for some time.”
DEP officials didn't provide specific information about any mines in that area.
A full story appears in the Butler Eagle.
