Post by Logan on Jan 25, 2016 14:44:31 GMT -6
Federal, state lawmakers call for halt to $1.2B PennEast pipeline proposal
Federal and state lawmakers joined New Jersey environmental groups Monday in calling for the review of the proposed $1.2 billion PennEast gas pipeline to be halted after questions posed by federal regulators have gone unanswered.
The proposal for the 114-mile natural gas pipeline, which would originate in Pennsylvania and cut through Hunterdon and Mercer counties is currently pending before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
U.S. Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, (D-12th Dist.), and Leonard Lance, (R-7th Dist.), along with state Senator Kip Bateman, (R-Somerset), and Assemblywoman Elizabeth Maher Muoio, (D-Mercer) called for the FERC review to be stopped.
"PennEast's failure to provide the additional information requested by FERC offers us one more example of their negligent handling of a proposal that poses risks to the health and safety of New Jersey's families, wildlife, and environment," Watson Coleman said in a statement.
Continued at www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2016/01/federal_state_officials_call_for_halt_to_penneast.html .
Federal and state lawmakers joined New Jersey environmental groups Monday in calling for the review of the proposed $1.2 billion PennEast gas pipeline to be halted after questions posed by federal regulators have gone unanswered.
The proposal for the 114-mile natural gas pipeline, which would originate in Pennsylvania and cut through Hunterdon and Mercer counties is currently pending before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
U.S. Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, (D-12th Dist.), and Leonard Lance, (R-7th Dist.), along with state Senator Kip Bateman, (R-Somerset), and Assemblywoman Elizabeth Maher Muoio, (D-Mercer) called for the FERC review to be stopped.
"PennEast's failure to provide the additional information requested by FERC offers us one more example of their negligent handling of a proposal that poses risks to the health and safety of New Jersey's families, wildlife, and environment," Watson Coleman said in a statement.
Continued at www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2016/01/federal_state_officials_call_for_halt_to_penneast.html .