If there are any senior PA democrats paying attention, I suspect that they will say nothing at this time.

A referral is a request for an investigation which may or may not result in criminal charges. It could get quite complicated. There is no doubt that there will be multiple massive civil claims. There is a massive amount of work in assembling the material for a serious legal action, the press release usually comes after the work is done. I am not in western PA but if I were, I would welcome information about the state’s plans to test the water & soils of the area impacted by the plume.

Lancaster County & Southern Chester County are definitely not Pennsyltuckey. Rural agriculture, Pennsylvania Dutch and many Amish folks as well as the horse operations are keeping the developers at bay. Lots of small vegetable and grass fed beef operations. Many former dairy operators are in the hog business now. Folks down here may speak a little differently but they have to be pretty smart to survive in today’s AG economy.