A nearly four-year battle against a project that would have placed a 32,000-horsepwer gas compressor station in the township ended May 15 with the denial of necessary permits by the state.
In a decision based more on a technicality than environmental concerns, state environmental officials have denied a series of applications that would have allowed the construction of a 32,000-horsepower gas compressor station in the southern portion of the township.
The decision by the state Department of Environmental Protection to deny the permits sought by Texas-based Williams-Transco, as part of its Northeast Services Enhancement project, was based on an earlier decision by New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation to deny permit applications Transco sought in that state.
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