PA DEP to Host Virtual Hearing for Lycoming County Gathering Pipe
Last week, MDN told you that two Big Green groups in Pennsylvania, Trout Unlimited and the Mid State Trail Association, are attempting to block a project by Pennsylvania General Energy (PGE) to install a tiny 3.7-mile gathering pipeline to connect several PGE wells to the Transco pipeline system, along with two 8-inch water pipelines of about the same length, in Lycoming County (see Lycoming County Gathering Pipe in the Crosshairs of Anti Groups). The aim is to block the pipelines from being built (and consequently block shale wells from being drilled) on state-owned land by forcing a longer, much more expensive route. The groups and their minions made enough noise that the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) is going to hold a virtual hearing on the plan on July 2 at 6 p.m.
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