DOMINION's "Appalachian Gateway Project"

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DETAILS ON DOMINION's
"APPALACHIAN GATEWAY PROJECT"
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Although this recent pipeline project is far smaller (109 miles) than the proposed "SEPIPELINE" (531 miles) the Appalachian Gateway Project [AGT] 

is the best possible model for education purposes.

MAJOR DIFFERENCES:

AGT uses existing Dominion "right of ways"

5 Compressor Stations 

National forest land

"providing 484,260 dekatherms per day of firm transportation service for the new Appalachian supplies that will ultimately be delivered to homes, businesses, industries and power plants throughout these regions.

                                                                                          [FERC - Dominion Scoping Jan 27, 2010]

110 miles of new natural gas pipeline along new and existing rights of way in 

West Virginia, Pennsylvania, 

                                                                                                [FERC - Dominion Scoping Jan 27, 2010]

Proposed facilities in this area will include 3 new compression facilities, upgrade the 2 existing 

compression facilities, and a 30 inch diameter pipeline. 

43 mile TL-590 - 30 inch diameter pipeline, 

                                                                                                [FERC - Dominion Scoping Jan 27, 2010]

Compressor Stations - 4 NEW, 2 upgrade:

NEW: 6,130 horsepower compression station, Birch Ridge Station, Marshall County, West Virginia

NEW  3,550 horsepower compressor station Lewis Wetzel Station, at existing Hastings facility, Pine 

Grove, WV

NEW: 1,775 horsepower compressor statioin to be Morrison Station, near Wilsonburg in Harrison County.

Upgrades to Dominion's existing Schutte n Doddridge and 

Upgrades to Dominion's existingPepper compressor facilities in Barbour Counties 

                                                                                                [FERC - Dominion Scoping Jan 27, 2010]

"Other facilities planned for 

West Virginia include a new compressor station and 20 inch 

diameter pipeline in Kanawha County"

                                                                                                [FERC - Dominion Scoping Jan 27, 2010]

NEW CompressorStation with 30 " diameter pipeline in Kanawha County. 

"Dominion has designed the Project to minimize impacts on existing and future

land uses by paralleling existing rights-of-way."                       (Source: 2-138, Land Use)

 "would encumber a total of approximately 1,732.1 acres of land during
construction."                                                                                     (Source: 2-138, Land Use)


"would involve impacts at approximately 310 waterbody locations"

                                     [Source: 2.10.3 Potential Cumulative Impacts on the Proposed Action]

"would impact 7.3 acres of wetlands"

                                    [SOURCE: 2.10.3 Potential Cumulative Impacts on the Proposed Action]

Environmental Assessment for APPALACHIAN GATEWAY PROJECT 

OEP/DG2E/Gas3, Dominion Transmission Inc.

CP10-448-000, PF09-15-000

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Office of Energy Projects

Washington, DC

March 2011