Contributed graphic One of three proposed routes for a new power line in Northeast Pennsylvania will be selected later this summer.

PPL unveils three possible power routes

New towers could be erected in Pike

By FRITZ MAYER

NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA—In choosing possible routes for a new 500 kilovolt power line, PPL executives said they tried to intrude as little as possible into new territory.

David Schleicher, PPL’s vice president of transmission, said, “As much as practical, each possible route we chose follows existing power lines or existing power line rights of way. Building in those areas would mean that this new line would have much less impact on nearby residents and on the environment.”

However, each route would require the company to acquire some new rights of way.

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New York towns share drilling information

Three towns eye moratoriums

By FRITZ MAYER

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY—Pat Carullo stood in front of the handful of residents gathered and said, “On Halliburton’s website, they’ve announced that wells can be hydraulically fractured for up to 50 years.”

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County: landfill could be settled ‘within weeks’

Opposition: Or maybe in 15 months

By FRITZ MAYER

MONTICELLO, NY—Sullivan County Chairman Jonathan Rouis said county officials may know “within a few weeks,” whether permits for the expansion of the landfill will be granted, and he is optimistic that the county can comply with the relevant noise regulations.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Glow of brilliance
• DRBC steps up gas drilling regulation efforts
• Lawmakers consider going live on the Internet
• Pike open spaces plan
• Interns brighten Sullivan County towns
• Water seminar offers advice to property owners
• Alliance formed to develop a better local work force in Wayne County
• Youth killed in Callicoon

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