Uploaded August 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Scott Cannon 1st
Dean Marshall 3:12
Adam Hahz 9:30
Rebecca Roter 14:32
Barbara Clifford 19:35
Duke Barrett 22:47
Andrew Kuklis 26:30
Julio Palomo Labor Union 34:47
Dave Horn Labor Union37:33
Dr. Thomas Byron 39:25
Joan Byron 42:59
Spencer Johnson 45:50
David Baloga 49:45
Audrey Gozdiskowski 58:28
John Friedberg 1:04:24
Alex Lotorto 1:09:40
LEHMAN TWP. — David Baloga told federal employees at a Thursday hearing he has lived with a pipeline under his front yard for years with no trouble. He’s just not crazy about the idea of another one.
“We have runoff problems and trespassing problems already,” Baloga, of Lake Township, said. “It’s not gonna get any better, obviously, by doubling up.”
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) held a hearing, or public scoping session, in Lake-Lehman High School Thursday night to take public comment on the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline expansion project.
Plans, still in their infancy, show new pipelines laid through Wyoming and Luzerne counties to carry natural gas harvested in Northeastern Pennsylvania to a main pipeline artery where it passes through Lancaster County.
Atlantic Sunrise is being proposed by the company Williams, which also owns and operates the Transco. Portions of the Transco have been operating in Luzerne County for more than 50 years.
The scoping session was part of a series of sessions throughout the region where the pipeline is to be laid.
FERC will end its scoping period on Aug. 18 before publishing its draft environmental impact statement for the five-member commission to consider.
There will be more opportunity for the public to comment, and a Williams employee at the meeting said certainly they will be considered; however, FERC recommends it is best to submit comments by mail or online at ferc.gov to make sure they each receive adequate attention.
Before Williams workers can begin the $3 billion project, the company needs a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from FERC, at which point the company will have eminent domain authority to purchase property the federal government has approved.
Williams has yet to formally apply for the certificate, but plans to do so in March next year. If all goes according to plan, the company aspires to turn on the pipeline July 1, 2017.
Hundreds of comments already have been recorded in this process.
Apart from two representatives from the Laborers Union of North America, the dozen or so speakers to take the stand didn’t speak kindly of the project, and jeers followed comments made by union spokesman Julio Palomo who said the project would be a boon for its members by putting them to work. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf
Scott Cannon 1st
Dean Marshall 3:12
Adam Hahz 9:30
Rebecca Roter 14:32
Barbara Clifford 19:35
Duke Barrett 22:47
Andrew Kuklis 26:30
Julio Palomo Labor Union 34:47
Dave Horn Labor Union37:33
Dr. Thomas Byron 39:25
Joan Byron 42:59
Spencer Johnson 45:50
David Baloga 49:45
Audrey Gozdiskowski 58:28
John Friedberg 1:04:24
Alex Lotorto 1:09:40
LEHMAN TWP. — David Baloga told federal employees at a Thursday hearing he has lived with a pipeline under his front yard for years with no trouble. He’s just not crazy about the idea of another one.
“We have runoff problems and trespassing problems already,” Baloga, of Lake Township, said. “It’s not gonna get any better, obviously, by doubling up.”
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) held a hearing, or public scoping session, in Lake-Lehman High School Thursday night to take public comment on the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline expansion project.
Plans, still in their infancy, show new pipelines laid through Wyoming and Luzerne counties to carry natural gas harvested in Northeastern Pennsylvania to a main pipeline artery where it passes through Lancaster County.
Atlantic Sunrise is being proposed by the company Williams, which also owns and operates the Transco. Portions of the Transco have been operating in Luzerne County for more than 50 years.
The scoping session was part of a series of sessions throughout the region where the pipeline is to be laid.
FERC will end its scoping period on Aug. 18 before publishing its draft environmental impact statement for the five-member commission to consider.
There will be more opportunity for the public to comment, and a Williams employee at the meeting said certainly they will be considered; however, FERC recommends it is best to submit comments by mail or online at ferc.gov to make sure they each receive adequate attention.
Before Williams workers can begin the $3 billion project, the company needs a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from FERC, at which point the company will have eminent domain authority to purchase property the federal government has approved.
Williams has yet to formally apply for the certificate, but plans to do so in March next year. If all goes according to plan, the company aspires to turn on the pipeline July 1, 2017.
Hundreds of comments already have been recorded in this process.
Apart from two representatives from the Laborers Union of North America, the dozen or so speakers to take the stand didn’t speak kindly of the project, and jeers followed comments made by union spokesman Julio Palomo who said the project would be a boon for its members by putting them to work. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf
