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Environmentalists 'hammering away,' opposing fuel pipelines through New York state




Opponents of a pipeline expansion that would flow through vast portions of New York want the Cuomo Administration to deny a key permit that could halt the upgrade.

Letter To Gov. Cuomo Re: Proposed Dominion New Market Pipeline Expansion Project


September 12, 2016

Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor of New York
The State Capitol
Albany, New York 12224

Re: Proposed Dominion New Market Pipeline Expansion Project

Greetings:

Letter Which Requests That FERC rescind its "Conditional Approvals" for Dominion New Market Pipeline, Arlington Gas Storage and Constitution/Iroquois Pipelines.

September 11, 2016

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Office of Energy Projects
Washington, DC 20426

Re: Dominion Transmission, Inc. New Market Project, Docket No. CP14-497-00
Re: Arlington Storage Company, LLC, Docket No. CP13-83-000
Re: Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC Docket No. CP13 - 499 - 000
Re: Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P. Docket No. CP13 - 502 - 000

Greetings:

Letter to U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Which Requests That the Section 401 Water Quality "Blanket Authorization" Be Rescinded For Proposed Dominion New Market Pipeline Expansion Project

By Electronic Transmission

September 11, 2016

New York Section Chief
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District
1776 Niagara Street
Buffalo, NY 14207

U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Upstate New York Regulatory Field Office
ATTN: CENAN-OP-RU
Building 10, 3rd Floor North
1 Buffington Street Watervliet Arsenal
Watervliet, NY 12189

Greetings:

I write respectfully to request that the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers take action to enforce the Federal regulatory requirements referenced herein:

Request that EPA Region 2 Rescind the Section 401 Water Quality Certification "Blanket Authorization" Improperly Granted by DEC for the Proposed Dominion New Market Pipeline Expansion Project

By Electronic Transmission

September 8, 2016

Honorable Judith A. Enck
Region 2 Administrator
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
290 Broadway
New York, NY 10007-1866

Greetings:

I trust that you have been very well since our last communication.

I write very respectfully today to request that you take immediate action on behalf of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to accomplish two goals:

Proposed gas pipeline expansion in Tompkins raises climate change fears








Photo by Michael Smith/The Ithaca Voice


ITHACA, NY - On Tuesday, the Tompkins Legislature passed a resolution requesting the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) hold a public hearing for a proposed natural gas pipeline expansion in Ithaca.

Statement of Walter L. T. Hang 218 Wait Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14850 September 6, 2016

Greetings. My name is Walter Hang. I respectfully urge members of the Tompkins County Legislature to vote in favor of a resolution which requests that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation hold a Public Hearing in Tompkins County Regarding the Dominion New Market Pipeline Project (ID #6530).

Dominion Pipeline's Pollution Problems

Senators urge consideration of gas concerns





New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand





READING (9/7/2016)--U.S. Senators Charles Schumer (D-New York) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) submitted another letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with concerns about Crestwood's underground natural gas storage in the town of Reading. The letter, dated Aug. 19, urges FERC to give full consideration to the safety and environmental concerns brought up by several groups and citizens in the area surrounding Seneca Lake. This comes following a decision by FERC in May to grant the project a two-year extension on construction that was initially approved in 2014.

Environmentalist Says 18 Spills Documented At Crestwood

WENY (Watkins Glen, NY) -- A local environmental firm is looking into the history of spills at Crestwood Midstream.

19 spills in 32 years: Ithaca firm details U.S. Salt discharges into Seneca Lake; Crestwood downplays findings







This is an aerial photo of the Crestwood/Con-Edison natural-gas-storage site in the Schuyler County town of Reading. It was taken in 2012.
It was taken in 2012.



READING — An Ithaca firm specializing in environmental database services says Seneca Lake has been polluted by south-end brine spills and petroleum releases repeatedly over the past 40 years.

Opposition to Gas Storage & Related Activities Continues

READING, N.Y. (18 NEWS) -

An Ithaca-based environmental data collection agency known as 'Toxics Targeting' released data it says is compiled from New York State DEC data outlining chemical spills in Seneca Lake. The data released by company president Walter Hang on Monday goes back to nearly 40 years ago.

Letter to Governor Cuomo requesting denial of hydrocarbon storage permits applications for Reading, NY facilities

Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor of New York
The State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224

Greetings:

Your Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) "has a responsibility and obligation under federal law through the Clean Water Act (33 USC § § 1251 et seq) to establish and implement a policy which protects existing water quality from being degraded."

Reading, NY Spill Compilation


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Tompkins County Legislature - Request for Public Hearing re: Dominion New Market Pipeline

Tompkins County Legislature Meeting: 08/17/2016 03:00 PM
Governor Daniel D. Tompkins Building Department: Tompkins County Legislature
Ithaca, N.Y. 14850
RESOLUTION NO.
(ID #6530)


Request to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for a Public Hearing in Tompkins County Regarding the Dominion New Market Pipeline Project and Expansion of the Borger Compressor Station

New York power policy, practices at odds










New York's energy system is making a complex, tense, and urgent shift away from fossil fuels toward cleaner, renewable sources of power. That's the official line, anyway. And the shift is supposed to accelerate over the next few years.

Dominion, DEC Say Pipeline Is Safe







Route of the Dominion gas pipeline south from Ellis Hollow Creek Road.
(Photo: Bill Chaisson)



The Ithaca Times followed up on a protest by Walter Hang of Toxic Targeting by contacting representatives from Dominion Transmission and the New York State Department of Conservation (DEC) for responses. Hang opposes the upgrading of a natural gas pipeline that runs through our region.

Frankfort spill argument against pipeline expansion




A spill from the Dominion Transmission natural gas pipeline on Higby Road in Frankfort is one reason some environmental advocates are asking the state to turn down Dominion's New Market Project, a proposed expansion of the pipeline's capacity.

Dominion/CNG Transmission Spill 9912031 Closed for Questionable Reasons

On 7/28/16, Toxics Targeting released for public review a Dominion/CNG Transmission spill profile (9912031) which documented that extensive contamination at 1103 Higby Road, New Hartford, NY was never cleaned up in compliance with New York State standards for 16 years after the petroleum release was reported on 1/18/2000.

At that time, the spill was administratively active and did not meet clean up standards.

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