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Adelphia Gateway is a project converting an old oil pipeline into a natural gas pipeline. The project stretches from Northampton County, PA, through Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester counties, terminating in Delaware County at Marcus Hook. The project converted 50 miles of an existing 84-mile pipeline from oil to natural gas. The northern 34 miles of the pipeline were previously converted to deliver natural gas in 1996. Portions of the final section began to flow Marcellus gas in April 2022 (see Partial Marcellus Flows Begin on Adelphia Gateway Pipe Near Philly). Neighbors of a compressor station built for the project, located in Bucks County, won a victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3rd Circuit) in March that allows them to appeal the approval of the project in PA and not with FERC (see Fed Court Says Antis Can Challenge Adelphia Compressor in PA Court). The PA Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case.
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Adelphia Gateway is a project converting an old oil pipeline into a natural gas pipeline. The project stretches from Northampton County, PA, through Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester counties, terminating in Delaware County at Marcus Hook. The project converted 50 miles of an existing 84-mile pipeline from oil to natural gas. The northern 34 miles of the pipeline were previously converted to deliver natural gas in 1996. Portions of the final section began to flow Marcellus gas in April 2022 (see Partial Marcellus Flows Begin on Adelphia Gateway Pipe Near Philly). Neighbors of a newly-built compressor station for the project located in Bucks County just won a victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3rd Circuit) that may spell trouble for the project. Or it may not. It’s not clear what the end result of the court victory will be.
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Adelphia Gateway, a plan to convert an old oil pipeline stretching from Northampton County, PA through Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester counties, terminating in Delaware County at Marcus Hook, recently received permission from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to begin final the final bits of construction (see Adelphia Gateway Pipe Near Philly Gets FERC OK to Finish Constr.). Neighbors of a proposed compressor station for the project located in Bucks County just won a victory in PA Commonwealth Court that may delay final startup.
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West Rockhill Township in Bucks County, PA (near Philadelphia) has waged a legal battle to prevent a natural gas compressor station from being built as part of the Adelphia Gateway project, a plan to convert an old oil pipeline stretching from Northampton County, PA through Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester counties, terminating in Delaware County at Marcus Hook. West Rockhill appealed a decision by the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) authorizing construction of the compressor station to a special court called the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB). The EHB recently ruled against West Rockhill. The compressor will get built.
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