Projects in the Pipeline for Lycoming, McKean and Elk Counties

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Susan Phillips tells stories about the consequences of political decisions on people's every day lives. She has worked as a reporter for WHYY since 2004. Susan's coverage of the 2008 Presidential election resulted in a story on the front page of the New York Times. In 2010 she traveled to Haiti to cover the earthquake. That same year she produced an award-winning series on Pennsylvania's natural gas rush called "The Shale Game." She received a 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award for her work covering natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. She has also won several Edward R. Murrow awards for her work with StateImpact. In 2013/14 she spent a year at MIT as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow. She has also been a Metcalf Fellow, an MBL Logan Science Journalism Fellow and reported from Marrakech on the 2016 climate talks as an International Reporting Project Fellow. A graduate of Columbia School of Journalism, she earned her Bachelor's degree in International Relations from George Washington University.

February 10, 2012 | 3:51 PM

Each week the state publishes the Pennsylvania Bulletin, which contains, among other things, public notice of applications to the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Warning — this can be a tedious read. But it gives a glimpse into what may be coming to a neighborhood near you. This week, new pipeline projects are proposed by the Transcontinental Gas Pipe LIne in Lycoming County and EOG Resources in McKean and Elk counties. The notices give a description of the impact. And the public has 30 days to comment.

58-399-037: Williams Field Services Company LLC
(1605 Coraopolis Heights Road, Moon Twp., PA 15108) to issue a Plan Approval for their facility in Lenox Town- ship, Susquehanna County.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(a) and 127.45(a), the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received and intends to issue a Plan Approval to Williams Field Services Company LLC (1605 Coraopolis Heights Road, Moon Twp., PA 15108) for their facility located in Lenox Twp., Susquehanna County. This Plan Approval No. 58-399-037 will be incorporated into a Synthetic Minor Permit through an administrative amendment at a later date.
Plan Approval No. 58-399-037 is for the construction of a natural gas compressor station at the Zink Compressor Station. The VOC emissions from the facility will not equal or exceed 50 TPY, based on a 12-month rolling sum. The NOx emissions from the facility will not equal or exceed 100 TPY, based on a 12-month rolling sum. Total PM, SOx, and CO emissions from the facility will not equal or exceed 100 TPY, based on a 12-month rolling sum. The HAPs from the facility must never equal or exceed 10 TPY of any single HAP and must never equal or exceed 25 TPY of all aggregated HAPs, based on a 12-month rolling sum. The Plan approval and Operating Permit will include testing, monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the sources operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
The facility is subject to NSPS Subpart JJJJ and 25 Pa. Code § 127.12(a)(5) Best Available Technology (BAT) requirements. The visible emission opacity shall not be equal to or greater than 20% at any time. The company shall be subject to and comply with 25 Pa. Code § 123.31 for malodorous emissions.
Emissions from the engines will meet BAT & NSPS Subpart JJJJ requirements. The Plan Approval and Oper- ating permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operat- ing within all applicable air quality requirements.
Copies of the application, DEP’s analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Any person(s) wishing to provide DEP with additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit, may submit the information to the address shown in the preceding para- graph. Each written comment must contain the following:
Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments.
Identification of the proposed permit No.: 58-399-037.
PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 42, NO. 6, FEBRUARY 11, 2012A concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department of Environmental Protection, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the comments received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where DEP determines such notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Ray Kempa, Chief, New Source Review Section, Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915, Phone # 570-826-2511 within 30 days after publication date.
E41-621. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line, LLC, 2800 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 900, Houston, TX 77056-6147. Water Obstruction and Encroachment Joint Application, Muncy Loop, in Wolf and Penn Townships, Lycoming County, ACOE Baltimore District (Picture Rocks, PA Quadrangle N: 41° 16
To construct, operate and maintain 2.22 miles of 42 inch diameter natural gas pipeline within the West Branch of the Susquehanna River watershed (Warm Water Fishery). Construction of the pipeline loop will require eight (8) water body crossings. The project is centered approximately 1 mile south of the Village of Picture Rocks in Lycoming County.
E24-08-004, EOG Recources, Inc., 2039 South Sixth Street, Indiana, PA 15701. Seneca-Tenn Pipeline, Phase 2 (Elk), in Jones Township, Elk County, Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District (Hazel Hurst, Crosby, Wildwood Fire Tower, PA Quadrangle N: 41° 38