WEST MILFORD — Township officials are seeking to formally intervene in Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.’s plan to place a natural gas compressor near the Monksville Reservoir to increase capacity for Con Edison and its New York state customers.
In a filing to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this week, township legal representatives requested stakeholder status for the Kinder Morgan subsidiary’s proposed 300 Line Upgrade Project in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The request cites the project’s potential environmental implications and impacts.
“The township has immediate interests in regard to the project,” reads the request. “Its participation in these proceedings is necessary to serve the public interest.”
The proposed compressor station off Burnt Meadow Road has ignited a debate among residents. Some back the installation of the electric-motor-driven compressor for its promised $500,000 in annual tax revenue and reuse of a spent quarry eyed in 2019 as the home of an expanded organic recycling center. Others have expressed concerns about noise and emissions from a facility that would sit just north of a reservoir network that serves millions in North Jersey.
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The 115,000 dekatherms per day enhanced its 65-year-old 300 Line roughly a decade ago with new looping pipeline segments and compressor stations that went online in 2011. The environmental impacts of the installation led to some local backlash.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. applied June 30 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for construction authorization at the former Tilcon quarry, records show. Mayor Michele Dale told nearby residents weeks earlier that township officials did not solicit or envision the project, raising likely concerns over gas emissions, noise and visibility.
The application claims there will be minimal impact from the facility, which is due to house a 19,000-horsepower compressor. Unlike some other fossil-fuel-powered compressor stations on the 300 Line, the electric station’s emissions are unlikely to exceed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s reporting threshold of 25,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases per year, records show.
A vent silencer has been specified to limit the sound created by the intermittent release of high-pressure gas, records show. Those releases are needed to deal with pressure in piping, records show.
A study conducted by the company found that the station in operation will increase average ambient noise levels by 0 to 0.3 decibels for the four closest residences. Apart from the four homes, the neighborhood off Greenwood Lake Turnpike is known for dense forest, hilly terrain and commercial businesses.
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The pipeline company plans to couple the project with two compressor station upgrades along the 300 Line, including one in Wantage. The line runs from Pennsylvania though Sussex, Passaic and Bergen counties and into New York state.
The upgrades are designed to increase capacity for Consolidated Edison by 115,000 dekatherms per day so the power company can end its moratorium on new gas hookups in Westchester County, New York, records show.
A company statement said the increased capacity will also help eliminate capacity constraints in the region during periods of peak demand. If permits can be obtained, construction is expected to begin in March 2022, the statement said. The expected in-service date is Nov. 1, 2022, it added.
David Zimmer is a local reporter for NorthJersey.com. For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community, please subscribe or activate your digital account today.
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