By Linda Powell.
What will be the impact of repeated dynamite blasts on a gas-powered, natural gas compressor station?
A Task Force was recently created in Franklin Township to investigate that question, and other possible public safety and health hazards associated with the proposed installation of a 32,000 horsepower natural gas-powered gas compressor station on a 52.2 acre lot near the active blasting site of Trap Rock Quarry, between Routes 27 and 518 in Franklin Township. Kirk Frost, a Task Force committee member, commented that, “We have not been able to find any research on the impact of dynamite blasts in close proximity with compressors, and could not find any details on this issue in Williams/Transco draft Resource Reports. We have noticed that Williams/Transco subcontracts to other companies to fill in their Resource Reports. The risks of a high-powered compressor adjacent to a mining facility that routinely performs blasting is an issue that is barely touched upon and not fully addressed by either Williams/Transco or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).”
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