WAWAYANDA—Millennium Pipeline Company has taken the next step to deliver natural gas to the CPV Energy Center under construction in Wawayanda.
In November 2015 Millennium Pipeline Company submitted an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct a new lateral pipeline, the Valley Lateral Project, intended to connect the company’s main line with the CPV Valley Energy Center set for completion in 2017.
Company spokesman Andrew Rush says project construction is estimated at $39.4 million. “Millennium will pay for the capital costs of the valley lateral project,” Rush wrote in an email.
The application to the Regulatory Commission covers water use, vegetation and wildlife, soil and land use, noise, and PCB contamination. A report on wetlands promises a 150-foot corridor on either side of the pipeline through any wetlands. The report identified 60 wetlands and bodies of water within the corridor—44 wetlands and 16 waterbodies.
A decision from the Regulatory Commission is expected in August when construction of the 7.8-mile section of 16-inch pipe between CPV and the hookup with the mainline in Minisink can begin. The pipeline is expected to be in service by April 2017.
When completed, the pipeline will affect about 54 acres of land, including a right-of-way, facilities, access roads, and pipeyards.
