Deadline Extended!! Tell Hochul & DEC: Deny The Air Permits for "Iroquois" Pipeline Compressors
Background:
The Fossil Fuel Industry proposes“Iroquois” Pipeline Company drastically increase the amount of gas they push through their existing 37-year-old, 414 -mile long fracked gas pipeline, which runs from the New York/Canada border to Long Island and NYC. In order to push more gas through the aging pipeline, they are applying to double the size of four ALREADY toxic, smog-producing, and noisy compressor stations that are currently running 24/7 in our communities, would be much noisier and toxic when nearly doubled in size by this proposalalong the route of the pipeline - this pipeline should be RETIRED, NOT EXPANDED! The proposal in the news
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DEC: Follow our climate laws and DENY the Article 19 State Air Facility Permit for the “Iroquois” Enhancement by Compression Project, NYC & Long Island don't need more gas!
Project:
Iroquois Enhancement by Compression (ExC) Project
DEC Application IDs:
3-1326-00211/00001 (Dover Compressor Station)
4-1922-00049/00004 (Athens Compressor Station)
Permit(s) Applied for:
Article 19, Air State Facility
Project Locations:
Dover Compressor Station, 186 Dover Furnace Road (Co. Route 46), Dover Plains, NY 12522
Athens Compressor Station, 915 Schoharie Turnpike (Co. Route 28), Athens, NY 12015