EWING, N.J. (AP) - Opponents of a proposed 114-mile pipeline that would carry natural gas from northeast Pennsylvania to New Jersey outnumbered supporters during a hearing in Mercer County.
Wednesday’s meeting in Ewing examined the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s environmental impact assessment of the proposed PennEast pipeline.
The Times of Trenton (https://bit.ly/18oG0jt ) reports some people asked the agency to locate the pipeline along existing rights of way. Others feared the pipeline would threaten the environment and future land preservation. Many questioned the need for the project.
Elizabethtown Gas president Brian MacLean said the project would provide greater supply reliability and flexibility.
The 36-inch-diameter pipeline would carry about 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day.
The next hearing takes place Thursday in Hunterdon County.
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Information from: The (Trenton, N.J.) Times, https://www.nj.com/times
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