Stop NY Fracked Gas Pipeline

Subject: Deny Kinder Morgan/Tennessee Gas Pipeline right to survey or rescind survey permission
A CRITICAL MEASURE TO DEFEAT THIS PIPELINE IS TO SEND CERTIFIED LETTER TO KM/TGP TO DENY SURVEYS OR TO RESCIND SURVEY PERMISSION. EVEN NOW.

SEE SAMPLE LETTER SNYFGP WEB PAGE: STOPNYPIPELINE.ORG Here is the contact info for the KM land agent in Albany, Rensselaer and Schoharie County, NY: Steve Martin (603) 566 – 9207
steve_martin2@kindermorgan.com
Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Attn: Steve Martin
1615 Suffield St.
Agawam, MA 01001

				Stop NY Fracked Gas Pipeline To stop a Kinder Morgan/TGP Northeast Expansion project ( high-pressure gas pipeline planned by Tennessee...

Call to action

On Wednesday, October 28th, Rensselaer County Chairman Stan Brownell and Vice Chairman Alex Shannon proposed another bill to protect drinking water , and we understand that they intend to bring it to a vote on November 10th.

The language of the bill reflects much improvement over the “eminent domain” version, and we now have a basis for moving forward to the development of a bill acceptable to us, the residents. However, it needs a lot of improvement. In fact, when comparing this bill to that which Legislator Alex Shannon and others introduced in August, this bill represents a significant step away from that bill's protections.

For example: The bill covers residents living within ¼ mile from a blast; the August bill protected residents living one mile from a blast: a 75% reduction in those protected. While we could live with covering residents living within ½ mile, ¼ mile – only 1320 feet -- is too small a radius.

Nassau town officials are pushing back

Nassau

Nassau town officials are pushing back against a planned natural gas pipeline project, asking federal regulators for more time to review un-released confidential plan documents filed this month and alerting the Rensselaer County district attorney that company workers are invoking town authority while trespassing on private property.

On Friday, town Supervisor David Fleming wrote to District Attorney Joel Abelove on a potential trespassing claim against pipeline development Kinder Morgan, and last week, wrote to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to urge that a public comment period set to expire Aug. 31 be extended so town officials can review a deluge of new company documents filed last month.

Fleming said Monday that he has gotten a complaint that survey workers from Kinder Morgan, which wants to build a portion of the 30-inch natural gas Northeast Energy Direct pipeline through southern Rensselaer County, were on private property last week off Reno Road and told the owner that the town had authorized it.

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The revised route follows a National Grid power line right of way northeast from Schodack, south of Burden Lake and to near the intersection of routes 43 and 66 at the hamlet of Alps.

Resolution #27 of 2015

Resolution #27 of 2015

RESOLUTION STATING OPPOSITION TO THE KINDER MORGAN NATURAL GAS PIPELINE PROPOSED TO BE ROUTED THROUGH STEPHENTOWN

WHEREAS, A large natural gas pipeline called the Northeast Energy Direct (NED) pipeline project, has been proposed by Kinder Morgan and its subsidiary Tennessee Gas Pipeline, LLC, to be routed through Rensselaer County, including the entire width of the Town of Stephentown; and