Cuomo tells FERC to halt Algonquin pipeline construction

Posted 8/21/12

OSSINING, NY — New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration on February 29 notified the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that state agencies will begin an independent safety risk …

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Cuomo tells FERC to halt Algonquin pipeline construction

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OSSINING, NY — New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration on February 29 notified the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that state agencies will begin an independent safety risk analysis of Spectra Energy’s Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) natural gas pipeline. The analysis specifically focuses on where the project would cross the 240-acre property of the Indian Point nuclear facility.

In a letter to FERC, signed by various New York agencies, the Cuomo administration said that it will take a hard look at the AIM project in light of a series of troubling events at Indian Point since last May. In addition, the state has asked that FERC move to halt construction and reconsider its approval of the project pending the completion of the state’s safety risk analysis. Federal regulators previously approved the pipeline and construction has begun.

In a statement regarding these developments, Riverkeeper President Paul Gallay said:

“The Cuomo administration correctly put the safety of New Yorkers first. There are significant issues regarding the Algonquin Incremental Markets pipeline, but it is especially troublesome that it crosses the property of an aging and increasingly problematic nuclear power facility that has suffered a series of major malfunctions. The safety concerns with Indian Point are well known and well documented.”

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