The red lines show the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline expansion. The light blue lines are the existing Transco system.
Great news to report! Both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) and the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) have now issued federal Clean Water Act stream crossing permits for the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline--a $3 billion, 198-mile pipeline project running through 10 Pennsylvania counties to connect Marcellus Shale natural gas from northeastern PA with the Williams’ Transco pipeline in southern Lancaster County. In addition, portions of the project that don't include laying new pipeline (the "brownfield" part of the project) running from Lancaster County, PA all the way to Choctaw County, Alabama go online today--reversing the mighty Transco and increasing its flow rate by 400 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d). One permit remains to be issued--an air permit--by the PA DEP. Williams expects to begin construction on the new pipeline ("greenfield" part) later this month...
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