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Inergy changes gas transfer station plans
READING—Inergy L.P. has plans to build a propane and butane transfer station in Reading costing an estimated $40 million, with some design aspects recently changing. The gas transfer station is designed to have offices and gas unloading facilities on Route 14A, and a brine pond on the east side of Route 14, where 14A and 14 merge. The project was originally brought before the Reading planning board in September, 2009. Representatives from Inergy L.P. presented brine pond changes to the Reading planning board, Thursday, July 15. Board chair Gordon Wright said he asked the representatives to give an update on the project. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has been in charge of the State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) since February, when the planning board got a letter announcing this decision. Read More ...
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State will be in charge of environmental impact study
READING—The Reading planning board announced at the Thursday, Feb. 18 meeting that the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) would be in charge of the environmental impact statement for the proposed Finger Lakes LPG gas transfer station project. The planning board received a six-page letter earlier in the month from the commissioner, with the DEC’s final decision on who should be the lead agency for the State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR). In a letter to the board, the absent chairperson Gordon Wright said it would probably be a couple of months before the town heard anything else from the DEC. Until the SEQR is completed by the lead agency, construction on the Finger Lakes LPG facility cannot begin. Read More ...
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Reading waits for gas transfer station decision
READING—The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is still trying to decide if it should be the lead agency in the environmental impact statement for the Finger Lakes LPG project in Reading. Gordon Wright, Reading planning board chairman, said the DEC had still not come to a decision at the Thursday, Jan. 21 planning board meeting. He said if the DEC assumed leadership of the State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) part two, he would let the board know. He added he has continued to grant the extensions necessary until a decision is made. Wright has previously said that he felt the planning board should be the lead agency for the SEQR. When the DEC first stepped forward wanting to do the review of the proposed gas transfer station, the planning board had wanted significant legal reason why.
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Reading questions gas transfer station details
READING—After allowing public comment and questions, the Reading planning board discussed who should be the lead agency for the environmental impact statement for the gas transfer station project, Thursday, Oct. 15. Board chairman Gordon Wright said that the Department of Environmental Conservation has expressed interest, but is now waffling. He explained a DEC representative wants the agency to take charge, but the lawyers are not sure it is a good idea yet. Wright said if the DEC does not have a good reason, he thinks the town should take the responsibility of lead agency for the State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) part two. The board approved that if the DEC comes back to Wright with a legal reason why they should be the lead agency, Wright will let the DEC take the position.
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Reading schedules hearing for gas transfer station
READING—The Reading planning board agreed to hold a public hearing, Thursday, Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m., concerning the proposed construction of the Finger Lakes LPG (Liquid Propane and Gas) transfer station. The decision was made at the specially scheduled Oct. 1 meeting. Representatives from Inergy L.P. were asked to provide more materials to help the planning board see what the project would look like. That included digital renderings of the offices/propane tanks and the brine pond, and how both could be visible from the road. Inergy is a propane marketing and distribution company. Frank Palumbo, a representative with C.T. Male Associates who produced the digital renderings, showed what the facilities would look like. He said the entrance to the offices, truck rack, and storage tanks, is on property located just off Route 14A, near the Route 14 intersection.
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