Energy giant Kinder Morgan called a federal lawsuit filed by two Hays County groups last week “unfounded and without merit.” The lawsuit accuses the company of violating the Safe Drinking Water Act during construction of its Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP), a 430-mile natural gas pipeline that is carving its way through the heart of the Texas Hill Country.
Litigants allege that carcinogens were among the substances introduced into a karst feature fractured on March 28 as a contractor was attempting the first of two planned bores under the Blanco River.
The accident resulted in 36,000 gallons of drilling mud containing AMC Gel going into the aquifer and surrounding wells, including that owned by Teri Albright and her husband, both of whom are physicians.
