The Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association has issued a letter of intent to sue the builders of the Permian Highway Pipeline being constructed by Kinder Morgan for the contamination of an underground source of drinking water in Blanco County.

At the root of TESPA’s letter of intent to sue are four environmental laws that have been allegedly broken with the construction of the pipeline, according to an April 8 press release from TESPA.

The four environmental laws allegedly violated by the construction of the Permian Highway Pipeline include the Safe Drinking Water Act for injecting fluids into an underground source of drinking water; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act for creating an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public; discharging pollutants in violation of the nationwide permit 12 issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and discharging pollutants into waters of the United States without a permit.

The letter of intent also identifies a Class 1A carcinogen—a category known to have carcinogen potential to humans—found in the mud that contaminated the aquifer and water supply in the area, based on the Material Safety Data Sheet.

Evaluations of the risks posed by the carcinogen in the water supply and the air are ongoing by the TESPA legal team.

The Wimberley Valley Watershed Association and TESPA have partnered through a memorandum of agreement to pursue legal action against Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline and protect groundwater in the Karst geological region of Texas.