![]() ![]() She said a family had to “abandon their home and is now living in the Midwest.” “Realtors will be forced to disclose when everyone tries to sell out there that there is a compressor station and what the risks are.”Ĭhristine Dunbar, a retired environmental science teacher, said a compressor station in Minisink, N.Y., about 20 miles from Wantage, has affected the health of residents, giving them nosebleeds, headaches, and other health problems. “Even if it went up substantially, I think you’re going to see when a large industrial project goes up, residential values around that property decline,” Scanlan said. He said the pipeline can raise serious safety hazards, and that the club will be addressing permits and other matters.įormer Wyckoff Mayor Brian Scanlan said even if Wantage Township was getting $23,000 in tax revenue from the compressor station, the township keeps only about 15 percent, as the rest goes to Sussex County and local schools. Tittel said the gas will be propelled through the pipeline by a “big jet engine.” If it gets too pressurized, he said, gas would have to be released, a process called “blowdown.” “New York doesn’t want this gas,” Tittel said. Greg Gorman of Empower New Jersey said environmental groups believe the pipeline will “lock in our dependency on greenhouse gas production.” He said methane fracked in Pennsylvania will be pushed through 60-year-old pipes and into New York. “The initial project was bad 10 years ago, and now they’re making it worse,” Tittel said. Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, said the expansion will make the Wantage compressor station one of the largest in New Jersey, with tremendous environmental impacts. “That’s not to say you shouldn’t be out there letting people know what your feelings are,” said Glenn Kienz, the township attorney. does not need site plan approval from Wantage Township to upgrade the compressor station or to expand its natural gas pipeline. 28 meeting, Mayor William Gaechter said the Tennessee Gas Co. It will be located off Libertyville road, between Hickory and Mountainview.Īt the committee’s Jan. Environmentalists and a local resident urged the Wantage Township Committee to oppose the expansion of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline compressor planned for the town. ![]()
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