NJDEP issued a draft permit to Delaware River Partners for two new massive underground caverns to store Millions of Gallons of Fracked Gas Liquids (Ethane, Butane, Propoane etc.) at their Repauno (Gibbstown Logistics Center) site on the Delaware River.

If approved, this cavern complex will store 26.8 MILLION gallons of liquid gases in two new underground caverns. This is more than four times the volume of underground storage their one cavern supplies now, bringing the total of underground gas storage to over 32 million gallons. This would be the largest underground cavern liquid gas storage complex in New Jersey.

Come out to the in-person Public Hearing on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at St. Michael’s Mutual Club Event Hall, 406 Memorial Ave., Gibbstown, NJ 08027. The public hearing starts at 6:00 PM and ends when the last person speaks or by 9:00 PM. You must register ahead by sending an email here to Rhiannon.Kook@dep.nj.gov with “Notice of draft permit to construct two new underground storage cavern systems” as the subject line of the email. Anyone who is unable to email DEP to register or get a copy of the permit, call DEP at (609) 633-0610. EmpowerNJ member Delaware Riverkeeper Network has requested the public hearing be moved to a later date, be a hybrid meeting, and the comment period extended.

This permit application doesn’t even count the aboveground storage at Gibbstown. It’s located right up against local schools and parks, and where people live, work, and conduct business. And it is less than 3 miles from the environmental justice community of Paulsboro. This proposal has large regional implications, will release air pollution, and puts hundreds of thousands of people and the Delaware River environment in jeopardy should there be an uncontrolled release!

Liquid petroleum gases (LPGs) include butane, propane and ethane, among other gases, but do NOT include Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), which is prohibited under NJ regulations. LPGs are flammable, potentially explosive, and routinely release pollution through venting and flaring.

Let’s plan to get to the Hearing to tell DEP “NO explosives beneath our feet! This gargantuan proposal is TOO DANGEROUS and polluting for our communities!”

Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 6:00pm
St. Michael's Mutual Club Event Hall
406 Memorial Ave
Gibbstown, NJ 08027