Judge Rules Against Broome Virtual Pipe, NG Advantage to Try Again
A Broome County, NY judge ruled yesterday that the Town of Fenton Planning Board did not take a hard enough look at environmental and traffic issues related to their approval of NG Advantage's plan to construct a facility in the town to compress and load natural gas onto tractor trailers for delivery to regional customers who desperately need the gas--what is called a "virtual pipeline." MDN has chronicled the project from the beginning (see our NG Advantage stories here). Yesterday's ruling was not an indictment of the project itself by the judge--only the way in which it was approved by the local town planning board. The judge left the door open for the town to re-do it's approval process--this time including a full environmental impact study and an aquifer study. NG's CEO Rico Biasetti said that while he is disappointed, the company remains committed to building the facility at the Fenton location and will work with Fenton to try again...
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