Pipelines
Colorado Releases New Pipeline Regulation Outline
DENVER (AP) — Colorado regulators have released an outline for new rules governing oil and gas pipelines after a fatal house explosion blamed on a gas leak. The outline calls for new standards for designing, testing and shutting down flow lines, which carry oil or gas from wells to tanks or other g..
Water Pipeline Coming to the Delaware Basin
Goodnight Midstream has entered into a multi-year agreement with Callon Petroleum Company to provide pipeline disposal services in the southern Delaware Basin. Under the terms of the agreement, Goodnight will build, own and operate a produced water pipeline connecting Callon’s Spuracreage in Ward C..
Contractors Named for Pipeline Construction Project
Kinder Morgan Canada Limited has signed memorandums of understanding with six contractors for the company’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project. The contractors chosen include: Spreads 1 & 2: Edmonton/Yellowhead Contractor: Midwest Pipelines Inc. Spreads 3 & 4: North Thompson Contractor: Ledc..
Massive, Slimy ‘Fatberg’ Clogging a London Sewer Weighs 143 Tons
LONDON (AP) — British engineers say they have launched a “sewer war” against a giant fat blob clogging London’s sewers, which may soon be destined for a museum. Utility company Thames Water is trying to dislodge the smelly blob, which is 820 feet long, by breaking it up with high-powered ho..
Hearing Scheduled for Pipeline Construction Project
Canada’s National Energy Board has announced it will hold a route realignment hearing in Chilliwack, BC early next year to review Kinder Morgan’s proposal to relocate nearly two kilometers of the previously approved general pipeline corridor within the city. If approved, the Chilliwack BC Hydro Rou..
New York City Completes $15 Million Sewer, Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Staten Island
New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza and Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Acting Commissioner Ana Barrio have announced that a $15 million infrastructure project to upgrade storm sewers, sanitary sewers and water mains along Bloom..
Ohio Communities Receive $190 Million for Sewer, Water Projects
The Ohio EPA has awarded more than $190 million in funding for sewer and water construction projects across the state. The projects awarded funding include: $200,000 to the village of West Union to improve water quality in the Ohio River through upgrades to the community’s sanitary sewer system...
Florida DEP Awards More than $2 Million for Septic-to-Sewer Projects
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has awarded more than $2 million in funding to the city of Longwood for septic-to-sewer projects benefiting Lake Jesup. The projects are funded by the state’s nonpoint source grant program through the Environmental Protection Agency Section 319 gran..
Atlantic Sunrise Air Quality Plan Approved
Following a comprehensive review, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued an Air Quality Plan Approval for air emissions related to construction activities in Lancaster County for the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Project. “DEP thoroughly reviewed the application to ens..
Pipeline Construction Project Water Permit Revoked
In a letter sent to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, West Virginia’s Department of Environmental Protection announced it has withdrawn a water quality certification previously issued in March for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. “This decision will allow the agency to re-evaluate the complete applica..
Minnesota Agency Recommends Against Pipeline Construction Project
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Department of Commerce says Enbridge Energy has failed to establish the need for its proposal to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota. Instead, the department says it might be better to just shut down the existing line. In filings w..
Trump Nominates New PHMSA Administrator
President Donald J. Trump has announced his intent to nominate Howard R. “Skip” Elliott as Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). Elliott, who currently serves as group Vice President of Public Safety, Health, Environment and Security for CSX Tran..
Pipeline Construction Project Application Temporarily Suspended
The National Energy Board in Canada has agreed to suspend its review of TransCanada’s Energy East and Eastern Mainline projects for 30 days, following a request from the company. During this period, the board will not issue further decisions or take further steps concerning the review of the projec..
Developers Ask Regulators to OK Atlantic Coast Pipeline Soon
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Developers of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline are asking federal regulators to approve the project this month. Executives with Dominion Energy, Duke Energy and Southern Company Gas made the request in a letter Thursday to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The 600-..
TransCanada Requests Suspension Of Oil Pipeline
TransCanada has asked for a 30-day suspension of its application for the Energy East pipeline that should transport crude oil from Alberta and Saskatchewan to the eastern part of Canada. According to the company, it wants to review the National Energy Board’s August decision to toughen the pipeline ..
New Jersey American Water to Invest $2.7 Million in New Water Mains
New Jersey American Water has announced it will be investing approximately $2.7 million for the installation of new water mains in its Ocean City service area. The company will be installing approximately 10,810 feet of new main in this area, replacing water main that was installed around the 1900s ..
Search Is on for Cost-Friendly Cesspool Alternatives in Hawaii
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Community members are pressing Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim to do something about the contamination from cesspools leaking into the nearby sea. The county Environmental Management Commission is working to find a cost-effective solution for the communities in Kailua-Kona and Pua..
Federal Agency Approves Use of Ohio Natural Gas Pipeline
COLUMBUS (AP) – A federal agency has given a company permission to begin using completed sections of its high-pressure natural gas pipeline in Ohio. The Columbus Dispatch reports the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has told Dallas-based Energy Transfer it can use its completed 42-inch diameter..
Hurricane Impacts Talks Between Pipeline Company, North Dakota Regulators
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Hurricane Harvey has impacted the pace of negotiations between the company that built the Dakota Access oil pipeline and North Dakota regulators investigating potential violations of state rules during construction. Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak says attorney neg..
Crews Replace Another 2,800 Water Lines in Flint Homes
FLINT, Mich. (AP) – Service lines have been replaced at more than 2,800 Flint homes during phase 4 of an effort to help fix the city’s lead-tainted water crisis. Flint Mayor Karen Weaver’s office says the replaced lines are part of her FAST Start initiative to put new water pipes in 6,000 homes thi..
Texas Town Struggles to Restore Water Service in Harvey Aftermath
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas city that lost its drinking water system to Harvey struggled Saturday to restore service, and firefighters kept monitoring a crippled chemical plant that has twice been the scene of explosions and fires since the storm roared ashore and stalled over Texas more than a week ago...
Mississippi Town Increases Water Rates to Meet Federal Requirement
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi city is increasing its water and sewer rates to make federally mandated improvements. Local news outlets report that the Meridian City Council on Tuesday approved a 10 percent rate increase for the new budget year that begins Oct. 1. The new revenue will help p..
Vermont Residents to Vote on Sewer Upgrade
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) – Voters in the Vermont town of Bennington area going to be asked to approve a nearly $9.9 million bond to upgrade the community’s sewage treatment plant. Engineer Wayne Elliot says the project would satisfy a state legal order that the facility comply with its discharge permit..
Houston Drainage Grid 'So Obsolete It's Just Unbelievable'
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s system of bayous and reservoirs was built to drain a tabletop-flat city prone to heavy rains. But its Depression-era design is no match for the stresses brought by explosive development and ever-wetter storms. Nearly any city would be overwhelmed by the more than 4 feet of ..
Permits OK'd for Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
CONESTOGA, Pa. (AP) — A company building a controversial $3 billion pipeline to carry natural gas from northeastern Pennsylvania to southern states has been granted critical permits for construction. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on Thursday approved water-crossing permits..
Tribes Say Dakota Access Shutdown Impact Overstated
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – American Indian tribes hoping to persuade a federal judge to turn off the Dakota Access oil pipeline maintain in last-minute court filings that the project’s developer has overstated the potential impacts of a shutdown. Standing Rock Sioux attorney Jan Hasselman also argues th..
Illinois American Water to Invest $5.7 Million in Sewer, Water System Upgrades
Illinois American Water’s Peoria District today announced it will invest over $5.7 million to improve its distribution system. The investment includes installing over four miles of water main in Peoria, Limestone Township and Bartonville. In addition, 11 pressure-reducing valves will be installed in..
FERC OK's Construction of Major Gas Pipeline
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved construction of the 255-mile NEXUS Transmission Pipeline Project, which will transport 1.5 Bcf/d of clean-burning natural gas from receipt points in eastern Ohio to existing pipeline system interconnects in southeastern Michigan. FERC issu..
Nearly $6 Million Awarded for Sewer, Water Projects in Ohio
The Ohio EPA has awarded more than $5.8 million in funding for water and sewer construction infrastructure upgrades. The projects receiving funding include: $1.66 million to the village of Montpelier to continue separating wastewater and storm sewers, a continuing project that will eliminate com..
Texas Town Receives $455,000 for Water Pipeline Replacement Project
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has approved financial assistance in the amount of $455,000 from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to the city of Booker. The city will use the assistance to finance the planning, design, and construction costs associated with water system improvements..
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- West Virginia approves $67 million for water, sewer projects