The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a virtual hearing October 5 on the proposed Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company’s Regional Energy Access Expansion Project.  (PA Bulletin, page 5568)  Read more here.

The project route will be in three counties in the Northeast Region (Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton), 3 counties in the Southeast Region (Bucks, Chester, Delaware), and one county in the Southcentral Region (York). However, the Project will not require earth disturbance in Delaware and York counties.

The Project will consist of new pipelines, a new gas-fired turbine driven compressor station, addition of gas-fired turbine driven compressor units at existing compressor stations, modification and uprate of existing compressors, abandonment of existing gas-fired compressors, modifications to existing compressor stations, modifications to existing pipeline tie-ins, addition of regulation controls at an existing valve setting, and modifications to existing regulators.

Click Here for a project overview.

Virtual Hearing

The virtual hearing will be held October 5 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. or earlier if no commenters are present.

Individuals who wish to observe or present testimony at the formal virtual public hearing must contact Colleen Connolly at 570-826-2035 or coconnolly@pa.gov,  a minimum of 24 hours in advance of the hearing to reserve time to present testimony.

Information on how to join the hearing online via WebEx will be available on DEP’s Virtual Hearing webpage.

Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information on submitting comments.  (PA Bulletin, page 5568)

Visit DEP’s Regional Energy Access Expansion Project webpage for more information.

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[Posted: August 26, 2022]

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