An outspoken Mariner East 2 pipeline opponent is accused of harassment, according to a news release from state police.

But Ellen Gerhart, who lives on Trough Creek Valley Pike along the pipeline’s path, said Tuesday afternoon that she had not been contacted by authorities about harassment charges.

“I have not yet been notified,” she said.

In the news release, state police said Gerhart, 63, threw a large stick on the morning of May 25, nearly striking a pipeline employee.

The employee is described in the news release as a 34-year-old man from Kentucky.

Gerhart has long been outspoken about pipeline construction near her Union Township home.

Sunoco Pipeline LP, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners, has been working to construct a 300-plus-mile pipeline that will carry natural gas across the state from beyond its Western border to an eastern Pennsylvania processing center.

Along the way, it will pass through communities in Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon counties.

In Huntingdon County, it passes through property previously owned by Gerhart and adjacent to her current homestead.

Pipeline developers used eminent domain to seize about three acres of Gerhart’s property. Prior to and since that seizure, Gerhart and her supporters have used numerous platforms to speak out against pipeline construction and its associated risks.

On Tuesday, Gerhart did not deny acting out to “get the attention” of pipeline workers, but said she did not recall throwing a stick.

“I don’t know where they are coming from,” she said.

Gerhart recalled the events of May 25, remembering an interaction with pipeline workers.

Gerhart said she had built a “controlled” fire in a walled pit on her property but near Sunoco’s easement, which she is banned from entering by court order.

Gerhart, who is permitted to build fires on her property, admitted she built it to “get the attention of pipeline employees.

At some point, one of those employees reached over the easement and used a fire extinguisher to spray Gerhart’s controlled blaze, she said.

Gerhart said she then kicked the extinguisher’s expelled effluent back onto the Sunoco easement.

“I do not have any recollection of throwing a stick,” she said.

In fact, Gerhart turned the tables, claiming pipeline employees and their cohorts have harassed her and her family members by flying drones and helicopters over her property.

On Tuesday, a state police trooper said no one was available to comment on the allegations against Gerhart beyond what was disclosed in the news release.

According to the release, harassment charges are to be filed with Magisterial District Judge Rufus Brenneman.

Gerhart also is preparing for a Huntingdon County Court appearance, where she will defend herself against allegations that she violated a court-ordered injunction while monitoring construction along her land.

The hearing, which was originally scheduled for May, has been postponed until July 6.