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March 2015
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Schuylkill Pipeline Awareness (SPA):
Email: schuylkillconcernedresidents@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/758856534157741/
Pine Grove Township and Eldred Township went on record to FERC opposing the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
after persistent voices of concerned residents showed up to township meetings month after month.
SPA is also working on outreach to people in the hazard zones (PIR) of the pipeline in Schuylkill County.
There are about 100 properties that are in the hazard zone not counting the landowners who live directly on
the pipeline path. We are working to outreach and empower landowners so they are not bullied to sign anything and encourage them to go to eminent domain.
SPA also continues to hold community education forums and is looking forward to the Mar 29th all day organizing session in Bloomsburg, PA
Lancaster Against Pipelines
Website: http://lancasteragainstpipelines.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LancasterAgainstPipeline/
Lancaster Against Pipelines has been working hard since April of 2014 to strategize and act powerfully in
opposing the Atlantic Sunrise Project. Williams Partners has proposed to install a 42 inch transmission line as
a short cut from the Marcellus Shale region to export facilities along the east coast. We have established nonprofit groups in a number of our municipalities, with the goal of passing ordinances that would help to protect
our communities from unwanted activities like pipelines, from fracturing our communities and our environment.
Our supervisors have refused to pass these ordinances, so two of our communities, Conestoga and Martic
Townships, have decided to pursue Home Rule to allow the people to vote on this issue, rather than the 3 or
5 supervisors who are supposed to be representing the people. From 2/3-3/4 of the registered voters in each
township have signed their name in support of the ordinance, and still none of the supervisors have voted yes
on it. We see this an an example where the present second class township status has failed the people, and
the democracy on which we claim our country was founded, does not have the freedom to rule. Home Rule
will give the people the power to vote on what happens in their communities, rather than a few individuals.
In addition, we are pursing non-violent direct action training for supporter throughout the county. We believe
that non-violent direct action is the only way to oppose the transmission line proposal, and we are finding that
there are many outside of the directly affected landowners and townships, who agree with us and are willing to
stand with us.
We continue to offer educational town hall meetings, and more personal home meetings to share what we
have learned, and to talk with individuals about our next steps.
Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition of Luzerne County (GDAC)
Website: http://www.gdacoalition.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GDACoalition
Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition (GDAC) is active in Luzerne County with 4 proposed pipelines converging in
Dallas, PA. These pipelines include the Atlantic Sunrise, PennEast, Diamond East and the Marc-II.
We have worked with Dallas Township, Harveys Lake, Plains Township, and West Wyoming Borough to pass
resolutions opposing the Atlantic Sunrise and PennEast Pipelines. We continue to work with other municipalities in Luzerne County and with County Commissioners to pass similar resolutions.
Upcoming events (date and location to be announced) include the Josh Fox Solutions Tour, and Dr.
Anthony Ingraffea presentation on Pipelines.
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Other Pipelines
Two other pipelines are in the works but have not prefiled with FERC. These are the Williams Diamond East and the Crestwood Marc-II.
DIAMOND EAST Pipeline will follow a parallel path to the
existing Transco and proposed PennEast pipelines from
Luzerne County, PA to Mercer County, NJ. It will have additional compressor stations and loop segments along the
existing Transco corridor.
Diamond East is subject to approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other agencies.
The project comes in addition to the $3.3 billion in capital expenditures planned through 2017 on Transco growth projects designed to serve markets in the
Northeast, according to Williams.
MARC-II Pipline will connect a pipeline in Sullivan county, PA
to new interconnect on Transcos Leidy Line, and Transcos
proposed Atlantic Sunrise Expansion project in Dallas, Luzerne
County, PA.
The MARC-II is being proposed through Crestwoods subsidiary
the Central New York Oil & Gas Co. LLC (CNYOG).
MARC-II is subject to approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other agencies.
Crestwood anticipates a MARC-II Pipeline in-service date in the fourth quarter of 2017.
SUNBURY Pipeline is being proposed by UGI Energy Servvices, LLC. It is a 35-mile interstate transmission line. The
pipeline will also serve Hummel's Warf, with plans
to construct a natural gas-fueled power plant at the existing
site of the coal-fired Sunbury Generation facility near Shamokin Dam in Snyder County.
Permitting, planning and outreach starts in 2015 with expected construction to begin in 2016,
UGI Energy Servies, LLC prefiled with FERC in December
2014 and has been assigned FERC Docket No. PF15-9000.
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