Below is a message from the NJ Sierra Club about a public hearing at TCNJ on January 27, and about how you can comment online. The docket number is PF15-1-000.
The proposed route is here.
The real battle begins! FERC recently announced the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Public Scoping Meetings on the PennEast Pipeline. It is critical for EVERYONE to attend these meetings and comment on this destructive pipeline! The first of 5 meetings is on January 27,at TheCollege of New Jersey - 2000 Pennington Road Ewing, NJ.
In order to stop this pipeline we need to flood these meetings and flood FERC with comments about how unnecessary and dangerous the PennEast Pipeline is!
The PennEast project would install over 100 miles of 30 inch pipeline across the region to connect the fracked gas fields of the Marcellus Shale and New Jersey. The pipeline would cut through Hunterdon and Mercer counties, entering New Jersey just south of Phillipsburg after crossing the Delaware River. The pipeline will cut through miles of preserved parks and farmland, which we have worked to protect!
The PennEast pipeline would cross underneath the Delaware River, a source of drinking water for millions and enjoyed by thousands for fishing, kayaking, and other recreational uses. The pipeline project will damage water quality, clear cut forests and impact residential communities.
We do not need more fracked gas or this damaging infrastructure running through our sensitive areas and under our water supply! Join us in telling FERC to reject this project and protect our open spaces and clean energy future.
Join us at the meeting at TCNJ OR email or write to FERC now and let them know you oppose this project!
Here are instructions on how o submit comments:
(1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature located on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for interested persons to submit brief, text-only comments on a project;
(2) You can file your comments electronically using the eFiling feature located on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on “eRegister.” You must select the type of filing you are making. If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select “Comment on a Filing”; or
(3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the following address:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street NE, Room 1A
Washington, DC 20426
Please consider these points when preparing your comments:
This Project is NOT in the Public Interest
- The pipeline project will endanger families and the environment to transport fossil fuels and support the fracking industry.
- The project does not preserve our natural resources; instead it will encourage significant negative impacts to important waterways, critical habitat, wetlands and forests.
- Production of gas in the Marcellus Shale is predicted to exceed use in the Mid-Atlantic region within two years.[1] This line is being pushed by the drillers to move their supply, not based on public need.
The Project would have Significant Adverse Impacts on:
- Water Quality and Water Supply: the pipeline crosses through the Delaware River watershed which provide drinking water for millions in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
- Channel Stability: increased erosion from clearings
- Threatened and Endangered Species
- Drainage and Compaction of Soils
Pipelines Are Under-regulated & Poorly Maintained
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) only has 135 inspectors to oversee 2.6 million miles of pipeline. PHMSA or its state partners have inspected only one fifth of that pipeline system since 2006.[2]
In the past ten years, gas transmission lines average 117 incidents a year, according to PHMSA. In the past twenty years there have been 41 deaths, 195 injuries, and $1.6 billion in property damage as a result.[3]
Clean Energy Alternatives
Instead of investing in long term infrastructure for more fossil fuels, we need to be investing in alternatives like solar, wind, demand response and energy efficiency that do not threaten the environment and our public health. Researchers at Stanford have found NJ can run on 100% renewable energy by 2050, creating green jobs while improving our environmental legacy.[4]
Mark your Calendar & SHARE these important meeting dates!
January 27, 2015 6:00 PM
College of New Jersey
2000 Pennington Road
Ewing, NJ 08628
January 28, 2015 6:00 PM
Bucks County Community College
275 Swamp Road
Newtown, PA 18940
February 10, 2015 6:00
Northampton Community College
3835 Green Pond Rd
Bethlehem, PA 18020
February 11, 2015 6:00 PM Penn’s Peak
325 Maury Road
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229
February 12, 2015 6:00 PM
Best Western Hotel & Conference Center
77 E Market Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA
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